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Hamilton, Edward
soldier, lawyer, journalist, was born in Culpeper county, Va. He served in the Mexican war, and in recognition of his service was appointed secretary of the territory of Arizona in 1850.
Hamilton, Edward John
educator, clergyman, author, was born in 1834 in Ireland. He is a presbyterian clergyman; and professor of philosophy in the state university of Washington. He is the author of The Human Mind; Mental Science; The Modalist, or the Laws of Rational Thought; and a New Analysis in Fundamental Modes, a short treatise in ethics.
Hamilton, Edward La Rue
lawyer, congressman, was born Dec. 9, 1857, in Berrien county, Mich. He was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican.
Hamilton, Elizabeth
was born Aug. 9, 1757, in Albany, N. Y. She rendered assistance to her husband in his labors, counseled him in his affairs, and kept his papers in order for him, preserving the large collection of manuscripts, which was acquired by the United States government in 1849. She died Nov. 9, 1854, in Washington, D. C.
Hamilton, Frank Hastings
educator, surgeon, author, was born Sept. 10, 1813, in Wilmington, Vt. He was a distinguished surgeon of New York city; and for many years professor in Bellevue hospital. He was the author of Strabismus; Fractures and Dislocations; Military Surgery; Principles and Practice of Surgery; and Surgical Memories of the War of the Rebellion. He died Aug. 11, 1886, in New York city.
Hamilton, Hamilton
artist, was born April 1, 1847, in England. He is distinguished in landscape and genre, both in oil and water-colors, and also as an etcher. Among his chief works are The Sisters; Little Sunbeam; and The Messenger.
Hamilton, James
lawyer, governor, United States senator, was born May 8, 1786, in Charleston, S. C. In 1812 he served with distinction on the Canadian frontier; and in 1823 was elected to the South Carolina state legislature. From that position he was transferred to the national house of representatives, where he remained until 1829; and was subsequently chosen governor of South Carolina. Becoming interested in the republic of Texas, he helped to promote her independence, and went to Europe as minister plenipotentiary from that republic. He was one of the founders of the Southern Quarterly Review, and also of the bank of Charleston. At the time of his death he was a senator elect in congress from Texas. He died Nov. 15, 1857.
Hamilton, James
philanthropist, lawyer, was born Oct. 16, 1793, in Carlisle, Pa. He labored assiduously in the cause of education and was for many years a trustee of Dickinson college. He died Jan. 23, 1873, in Carlisle, Pa.
Hamilton, James
artist, was born in 1819 in Ireland. He is well known as the spirited illustrator of Dr. Kane's Arctic Expedition. Among his pictures are Capture of the Serapis; Old Ironsides; An Egyptian Sunset; Wrecked Hopes; Coleridge's Ancient Mariner; and many subjects from the Arabian Nights.
Hamilton, James Alexander
lawyer, author, was born April 14, 1788, in New York city. He is a lawyer of New York city; and the author of Reminiscences during Three Quarters of a Century; and Martin Van Buren's Calumnies Repudiated. He died Sept. 24, 1878, in Irvington, N. Y.
Hamilton, John
congressman. He was at one time high sheriff of Washington county, Pa., was a representative in congress from that state, from 1805 to 1807. He died Aug. 31, 1837, at his home.
Hamilton, John Church
lawyer, author, was born Aug. 22, 1792, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is a lawyer in New York city; and the author of Memoirs of Alexander Hamilton; History of the Republic; and The Prairie Province. He edited his father's works. He died July 25, 1882, in Long Branch, N. J.
Hamilton, John Marshall
educator, lawyer, state senator, governor, was born May 28, 1847, near Richwood, Ohio. He entered the union army in 1864, and served until the close of the war. He was principal of the academy at Henry, III., in 1868-69; and in the latter year became a professor of Latin at the Illinois Wesleyan university. He was elected a state senator in 1876; and was elected lieutenant-governor in 1880. By the election of Gov. Cullom to the United States senate in January, 1883, he became governor of Illinois for the unexpired term of two years.
Hamilton, John Mcclure
artist, was born in 1853 in Philadelphia, Pa. His most important painting is Le rire, which was exhibited in the National academy in New York in 1877, and at the Paris exposition in 1878.
Hamilton, John Taylor
congressman, was born Oct. 16, 1843, near Geneseo, Ill. He removed to Iowa in 1868; is not a graduate of any college; since 1868 has been engaged in the wholesale farm machinery business; is president of the Cedar Rapids Savings bank, and a director in the Cedar Rapids City National bank; president of the Cedar Rapids Electric Light and Power company. He was was mayor of Cedar Rapids; was a member of the board of supervisors; three times a member of the state legislature, and speaker of the house. He was elected to the fifty-second congress as a democrat.
Hamilton, John William
clergyman, author, was born March 18, 1845, in Weston, W. Va. He is a methodist clergyman who founded the People's church in Boston; and the author of Memorials of Jesse Lee; Lives of the Methodist Bishops; and People's Church Pulpit.
Hamilton, Kate Waterman
author, was born in Schenectady, N. Y. She is an Illinois writer of Sunday-School and other fictions. Among them are, The Old Brown House; Frederick Gordon; Wood, Hay, and Stubble; Rachel's Share of the Road, a Novel; and The Parson's Proxy.
Hamilton, Morgan Calvin
merchant, United States senator, was born Feb. 25, 1809, near Huntsville, Ala. He was a clerk in the war department from 1838 until 1845, acting as secretary of war a portion of the time. He was appointed comptroller of the treasury of Texas in 1867; and was elected a delegate to the constitutional convention in 1868. He was elected to the United States senate on the reconstruction of Texas, and took his seat in 1870; and was also elected for the term commencing in 1871 and ending in
Hamilton, Morris R
lawyer, journalist, librarian, was born May 24, 1820, in Oxford Furnace, N. J. He received his education at the Trenton academy, and in 1839 graduated from the college of New Jersey. In 1842 he was admitted to the bar and practiced his profession in Camden, N. J. During 1844-49 he filled a position in the Philadelphia postoffice, and then became editor of The True American of Trenton, N. J. He subsequently became connected with several prominent daily newspapers. During 1851-54 he was appointed on the personal staff of Gov. Fort, with the rank of colonel. Since 1884 he has been state librarian, and is the most thoroughly qualified librarian that New Jersey has ever had. He is prominently connected with various fraternal orders, and has been prominent in the public and political affairs of the state of New Jersey.
Hamilton, Paul
soldier, governor, was born Oct. 6, 1762, in St. Paul's parish, S. C. He served during the revolution; was comptroller of South Carolina from 1799 to 1804, when he was elected governor of the state. In 1809 he was appointed secretary of the navy. He died June 30, 1816, in Beaufort, S. C.
Hamilton, Paul
soldier, planter, was born Oct. 17, 1816, in Beaufort, S. C.
He received his education at the Charleston college. He served in the confederate army in the enrolling department, being disabled from active service. He was aide-de-camp to Gov. Seabrook; and also to Gov. Manning, with the rank of colonel. He has been a successful planter, and still resides in the place of his nativity.
Hamilton, Paul
soldier, was born Feb. 13, 1842, in Beaufort, S. C. He served in the confederate army as aid to Gen.
Wade Hampton, and was assistant adjutant-general to Gen. Stephen D. Lee at Vicksburg, where he fell while displaying great gallantry, Dec. 29, 1862.
Hamilton, Philip
lawyer, jurist, was born June 1, 1802, in New York city.
He was assistant district attorney in New York city, and for some time judge advocate of the naval retiring board in Brooklyn.
Hamilton, Robert
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Dec. 5, 1816, in Hamburg, N. J. He was a member of the New Jersey legislature in 1863 and 1864, serving the last year as speaker.
He was elected to the forty-third congress; and was re-elected to the fortyfourth congress as a democrat.
Hamilton, Robert S
author. He is the author of Present Status of Social Science; and Present Status of the Philosophy of Society.
Hamilton, Schuyler
soldier, author, was born July 25, 1822, in New York city. He was a major-general in the federal army during the civil war; and is the author of History of the American Flag; and Our National Flag.
Hamilton, William P
naval officer, was born Oct. 11, 1845. He served in the confederate navy, and was one of the three middies who ran the Nashville out of Beaufort when under strict blockade.
He died May 3, 1875, in Beaufort, S. C.
Hamilton, Wade
clergyman, was born July 7, 1855, in Ashley county, Ark.
He has been on the board of trustees of Wiley university for fourteen years, and president of the board for two years.
He has built a large number of churches and parsonages, and has contributed extensively to church literature. WILLIAM TIFFANY, HAMILTON, lawyer, congressman, governor, United HAMILTON, WILLIAM TIFFANY, States senator, was born Sept. 8, 1820, in Sept. 8, 1820, in Washington county, Md. He was a mem- He was a member of the legislature in 1846; a repre- 1846; a representative in congress from Maryland from Maryland from 1849 to 1855; and in 1861 declined the declined the nomination for governor of Maryland. He Maryland. He was United States senator from Maryfrom Maryland from 1869 to 1875; and was elected was elected governor of Maryland for the term of the term of four years from 1880. He died Oct. 26, died Oct. 26, 1888, in Hagerstown, Md.