Charles Memorial Hamilton

Charles Memorial Hamilton

Charles Memorial Hamilton (born November 1, 1840 in Pine Creek , Clinton County , Pennsylvania , †  October 22, 1875 there ) was an American politician . Between 1868 and 1871 he represented the state of Florida in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles Hamilton attended the public schools of his home country and then studied at the Law School of the City of Columbia . During the civil war he was a soldier in the Union Army . In the course of the war he became head of the military legal department ( Judge Advocate ) in the Potomac Army . Then he was on the staff of the military commander responsible for the area of ​​the federal capital. In 1865, Hamilton was transferred to Marianna in occupied Florida. There he worked as a lawyer from 1867.

Politically, Hamilton was a member of the Republican Party . After Florida was re-admitted to the Union, he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in 1868 in what was then the only constituency of the state , where he took up his new mandate on July 1, 1868. After being re-elected in the regular congressional elections in 1868 , he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1871 . During this time the 14th and 15th amendments to the constitution were passed there.

In 1870, Hamilton was no longer nominated for re-election by his party. A year later he was appointed major general in the state militia. From 1871 to 1872, Hamilton was also the post office owner for the City of Jacksonville . He then headed the Customs Department in Key West . However, he had to give up this position for health reasons. Charles Hamilton died on October 22, 1875 in his native Pine Creek.

Web links

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

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