Finley Hamilton

Finley Hamilton (born June 19, 1886 in Vincent , Owsley County , Kentucky , †  January 10, 1940 in London , Kentucky) was an American politician . Between 1933 and 1935 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Finley Hamilton attended the public schools in his home country as well as Berea College . Between 1907 and 1915 he was a US Army soldier in the Philippines and Alaska . After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began working in this profession in London. During the First World War , Hamilton was again a soldier in the Army. He was used in a news unit on the French theater of war.

Hamilton was a member of the Democratic Party . In the 1932 congressional elections , he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Kentucky , where he succeeded John William Moore on March 4, 1933 . Since he refused to run again in 1934, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1935 . During this time the first New Deal laws of the federal government were passed under President Franklin D. Roosevelt . In addition, the 21st amendment in 1933 repealed the 18th amendment from 1919 that prohibited the trade in alcoholic beverages.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Finley Hamilton practiced law again. He died on January 10, 1940 in London and was buried there.

Web links

• Finley Hamilton in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Finley Hamilton in the database of Find a Grave (English)