Charles Mann Hamilton

Charles Mann Hamilton (born January 23, 1874 in Ripley , New York , †  January 3, 1942 in Miami Beach , Florida ) was an American politician . Between 1913 and 1919 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles Hamilton attended Ripley High School , Fredonia Normal School and then the Pennsylvania Military College in Chester . He later worked in agriculture and the oil business. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1906 and 1908 he was a member of the New York State Assembly ; from 1908 to 1912 he was a member of the State Senate . In June 1912 he took part as a delegate at the Republican National Convention in Chicago , on which President William Howard Taft was nominated for re-election, which was then unsuccessful.

In the 1912 congressional elections , Hamilton was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the then newly established 43rd  constituency of New York , where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1913. After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1919 . In 1913 the 16th and 17th amendments were ratified. It was about the nationwide introduction of income tax and the direct election of US senators . The First World War also fell during Hamilton's time as Congressman . In 1918 he renounced another candidacy.

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Charles Hamilton worked in agriculture in Ripley. He also worked in the state of Kansas in the oil and gas business. He died on January 3, 1942 in Miami Beach and was buried in Ripley.

Web links

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

predecessor	Office	successor
new constituency	United States House of Representatives for New York (43rd constituency) March 4, 1913 - March 3, 1919	Daniel A. Reed