Sheriff Hope Hampton

Character Key: 
Display Name: 
Sheriff Hope Hampton
Sort Name: 
Hampton, Sheriff Hope
AKA: 
Hub
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Lower Class
Rank: 
Secondary
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Administrative
Specific Job: 
County Sheriff
Date of Birth: 
Tuesday, January 1, 1889 to Friday, December 31, 1897
Origin: 
Yoknapatawpha
Biography: 

The county Sheriff is "a big, a tremendous man with no fat and little hard pale eyes in a cold bland almost pleasant face" (42-43). He is "a countryman, a farmer and the son of farmers" (105). As sheriff he lives in a rented house in Jefferson; in between the three non-consecutive terms he has served in office, he returns to "the farm and house where he had been born" (105). He knows how to curry favor with the people who elect him to office, but also shows great courage and moral character in making sure justice is done in the case of Vinson Gowrie's murder.

Property Status: 
owns land
Individual or Group: 
Individual
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