Hamer, Thomas L
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born in Pennsylvania.
He served several sessions in the state legislature, and was once elected speaker; and was a representative in congress from Ohio from 1833 to 1839. He entered the army as a private, and was promoted at once to the rank of brigadier-general. He died Dec. 2, 1846, in Mexico, while serving in the army. HOOKER, HAMERSLEY, JAMES statesman, poet, was born Jan. 26, 1844, a in New York. He was sent to the state convention by the independent republicans in 1877 as delegate. Later he was nominated for the state assembly from the eleventh district, but withdrew in favor of his friend, William Waldorf Astor, whom he labored successfully to elect. He writes upon the live topics of the day, and many poems from his pen have appeared in books, periodicals and newspapers. Among the best known are The Countersign; Yellow Roses; Fog Curtain; The Midnight Sun; Ronkonkoma; Masconomo; and Voice of the Breakers.