Andrew H. Hamilton

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Andrew H. Hamilton

Andrew Holman Hamilton (born June 7, 1834 in Fort Wayne , Indiana , †  May 9, 1895 there ) was an American politician . Between 1875 and 1879 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Andrew Hamilton attended public schools in his home country and then Wabash College in Crawfordsville until 1854 . After a subsequent law degree at Harvard University and his admission as a lawyer in 1859, he began to work in Fort Wayne in his new profession. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party .

In the congressional elections of 1874 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the twelfth constituency of Indiana , where he succeeded Godlove Stein Orth on March 4, 1875 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1879 . After retiring from the US House of Representatives, Andrew Hamilton practiced law again in Fort Wayne, where he died on May 9, 1895.

Web links

  • Andrew H. Hamilton in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Hamilton, Andrew H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hamilton, Andrew Holman (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 7, 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH Fort Wayne , Indiana
DATE OF DEATH May 9, 1895
Place of death Fort Wayne , Indiana