Cornelius S. Hamilton

Cornelius S. Hamilton

Cornelius Springer Hamilton (born January 2, 1821 in Gratiot , Muskingum County , Ohio , †  December 22, 1867 in Marysville , Ohio) was an American politician . In 1867 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Cornelius Hamilton attended the public schools of his home country and then Granville College . In 1839 he moved with his parents to Union County , where he worked in the farm with his father. After studying law and his admission as a lawyer in 1845, he began to practice in Marysville in this profession. In 1845 he was also a land appraiser . From 1850 to 1851 he took part in a constitutional convention of his state as a delegate. Between 1850 and 1853 he was editor and publisher of the Marysville Tribune newspaper . Politically, he joined the Republican Party founded in 1854 . He was a member of the Ohio Senate in 1856 and 1857 . In 1862 he was appointed Assessor in the eighth congressional district of his state by President Abraham Lincoln . He held this office until 1866.

In the congressional election of 1866 , Hamilton was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the eighth constituency of Ohio , where he succeeded James Randolph Hubbell on March 4, 1867 . He was able to exercise this mandate until his death on December 22nd of the same year. Since 1865, the work of Congress has been marked by tension between Republicans and President Andrew Johnson , which culminated in a narrowly unsuccessful impeachment trial.

Cornelius Hamilton suffered a tragic fate in December 1867. After his son Thomas showed signs of insanity, he was to be placed in a mental hospital. Thomas resisted this measure by killing his father with a wooden slat.

Web links

• Cornelius S. Hamilton in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Cornelius S. Hamilton in the database of Find a Grave (English)