Frank Hatton

Frank Hatton.

Frank Hatton (born April 28, 1846 in Cambridge , Ohio , † April 30, 1894 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician ( Republican Party ) who held the post of post minister in the cabinet of US President Chester A. Arthur .

Hatton was the son of a printer and initially trained with his father. When the civil war broke out , he joined the Union troops , in which he initially served as a drummer. As the war continued, he rose to the rank of lieutenant . In 1866 he left the army and embarked on a career in the newspaper industry. In Burlington ( Iowa ) he worked as an editor at the Republican organ Daily Hawk-Eye , which helped him within the party hierarchy to climb. Hatton sympathized with the stalwarts .

James A. Garfield , winner of the 1880 presidential election , appointed Hatton as deputy postmaster general . After Walter Q. Gresham moved to the Treasury , he was promoted to Minister of Post in the Arthur cabinet in October 1884 . At 38, Hatton was the youngest cabinet member since Alexander Hamilton . In June of the same year, Frank Hatton had campaigned in vain for President Arthur to run again at the Republican National Convention ; the party congress voted by a majority for James G. Blaine , who later lost the election to Grover Cleveland . With the end of Arthur's presidency in March 1885, Hatton also left office.

He returned to the newspaper business, initially working as an editor for the Chicago Mail and the New York Press before moving to the Washington Post . There Hatton suffered a stroke in 1894 while he was sitting at his desk, of which he died two days after his 48th birthday.

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SURNAME	Hatton, Frank
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	April 28, 1846
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cambridge , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH	April 30, 1894
Place of death	Washington, DC