Ham, Charles Henry – Hamilton, E. M
Ham, Charles Henry
lawyer, journalist, author, was born in 1831 in New Hampshire. He is a lawyer and journalist of Chicago; and the author of Manual Training: the Solution of Social and Industrial Problems.
Ham, Marion Franklin
poet, was born in 1867 in Ohio. He is a poet of Chattanooga; and the author of The Golden Shuttle and Other Poems.
Hamberlin, Lafayette Rupert
educator, poet, was born Feb. 25, 1861, in Clinton, Miss. He received his education at the Mississippi college, and at the Richmond college, Va. He has attained success as a teacher of English literature; has been professor of English and expression in the Thatcher institute of Shreveport, La.; instructor of expression in Richmond college; and adjunct professor of English and expression in the university of Texas. He is the author of four volumes of verse, entitled Lyrics, Lilts, Rhymes, and Verses. He was conclave poet for the Knights Templar of Mississippi in 1881; alumni poet for Richmond college in 1889-91; and convention poet for Beta Theta Phi fraternity in 1887 and 1897. He is now the president of the Southern Interstate Oratorical association of Austin, Texas.
Hambleton, Samuel
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born in 1812 in Talbot county, Md. He was elected to the house of delegates in 1834, 1835, and 1853; to the state senate from 1844 to 1850; was a presidential elector in 1844; and was president of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal in 1853 and 1854. He was elected a representative from Maryland to the forty-first congress, and was re-elected to the forty-second congress as a democrat.
Hamblin, Joseph Eldridge
soldier, was born in 1828 in Yarmouth, Mass. He was brevetted major-general, and was mustered out with that rank at Washington in 1866. After the war he entered upon civil pursuits in New York. He died July 3, 1870, in New York city.
Hamer, George Frederick
musician, composer, was born in 1862, in Lawrence, Mass. He is a successful musician of Lawrence, Mass.; and the organist of Trinity church. He is the author of several songs, church services, and piano pieces; and several orchestral overtures.
Hamer, Thomas
soldier, farmer, merchant, legislator, was born June 1, 1818, in Union county, Pa. He received his education at the Milton academy; and moved to Illinois in 1846. He served in the union army during the civil war as colonel of the eighty-fourth regiment IIlinois volunteer infantry; was wounded at the battle of Stone River, Dec. 31, 1862; had two horses shot from under him; and was presented by his men with a gold watch for gallantry on the field of battle. He has held nearly all the minor offices in the gift of his town and county; represented his district for four years in the Illinois state legislature; and for eight years was a member of the state senate, his last term expiring on Jan. 1, 1897. He has retired from private and public service; and is an honored citizen of Vermont, Ill.
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.
Hamersley, John William
lawyer, author, was born May 24, 1808, in New York city. He has attained prominence as a successful lawyer of New York city. He was the author of Reminiscences of Lady Hester Stanhope; Lone Ranch; A Chemical Change in Eucharist; and other works.
Hamersley, Lewis Randolph
soldier, author, was born in 1847 in District of Columbia. He is a lieutenant in the United States marine corps; and author of Records of Living Officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps; and Naval Encyclopædia.
Hamill, Patrick
merchant, jurist, congressman, was born April 28, 1817, in Green Glades, Md. He was elected to the state assembly in 1843 and 1844; and was seven years judge of the Orphans' court of Allegheny county. In 1867 he was again elected judge of probate; and was elected a representative from Maryland to the forty-first congress as a democrat.
Hamilton, a. H
lawyer, congressman. In 1874 he was elected a representative from Indiana to the forty-fourth and forty-fifth congresses.
Hamilton, Alexander
lawyer, statesman, was born Jan. 11, 1757, in the West Indies. He entered the army as an officer of artillery and became an aidde-campto Washington, with the rank of lieutenant colonel.
He was delegate to the continental congress in 1782 and 1783, and in 1787 and 1788; in 1786 was elected to the state assembly; was elected to the convention a which framed the federal constitution; by his writings, signed Publius, did much to secure its adoption, but was the only member from New York who signed that instrument. In 1789 he was appointed secretary of the treasury, and continued in that office until 1795, when he resigned. In 1804 he had a difficulty with Aaron Burr, which resulted in a duel, which took place at Hoboken, when he received a fatal shot, and died on the following day, July 12,
Hamilton, Alice King
author. She is a novelist; and the author of Mildred's Cadet; and One of the Duanes.
Hamilton, Allen Mclane
physician, author, was born Oct. 6, 1848, in Brooklyn, N. Y. He is a physician of New York city; and the author of Clinical Electro-Therapeutics; Nervous Diseases; Medical Jurisprudence; Types of Insanity; and The Modern Treatment of Headaches.
Hamilton, Andrew
merchant, governor, was born in Scotland. In 1692 he was appointed governor of New Jersey, and served for five years. He died April 20, 1703, in Burlington, N. J.
Hamilton, Andrew Jackson
merchant, lawyer, jurist, congressman, governor, was born Jan. 28, 1815, in Madison county, Ala. He held the office of attorney-general; served frequently in the legislature; and in 1856 was a presidential elector. He was elected a representative from Texas to the thirty-sixth congress; and in 1862 was appointed military governor of Texas; and in 1865 provisional governor of the same state. He was a justice of the supreme court of the state. He died April 10, 1875, in Austin, Texas.
Hamilton, Archibald
naval officer. He served in the United States navy as a lieutenant under Decatur, when the United States frigate captured the Macedonian, and bore the captured banners to Washington in 1813. He was killed in the last engagement of the war, in January, 1815.
Hamilton, Charles M
soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in November, 1840, in Clinton county, Pa.
In 1861 he entered the union army as a private, participated in sixteen battles, and was wounded three times. He was appointed a judge advocate, in which capacity he served until 1865; and was subsequently a commissioner of refugees in Florida. He was a representative from Florida to the fortieth congress; and was re-elected to the forty-first congress as a republican.
Hamilton, Cornelius S
journalist, lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Jan. 2, 1821, in Muskingum county, Ohio. In 1850.he was elected to the state constitutional convention; and in 1856 to the senate of the state. He was subsequently appointed an assessor of internal revenue. In 1866 he was elected a representative from Ohio to the fortieth congress. He was killed Dec. 21, 1867, in Marysville, Ohio.
Hamilton, E. M
farmer, soldier, politician, was born Feb. 22, 1833, in Brown county, Ill. He commenced life on a Mississippi packet, and soon became first steward. During the civil war he enlisted in the first regiment Minnesota volunteer infantry, and participated in the battles of the Wilderness, Cold Harbor, Deep Bottom, Reams Station, siege of Petersburg, Richmond, and was at the surrender of Lee. He has served several times in the city council of Los Angeles, Cal., and has been greatly instrumental in the advancement of the interests of that city. He was one of the organizers of the people's party; was a delegate to the first state convention; was elected a delegate to the Omaha convention; and at that convention was elected a national committeeman.