Hamilton D. Coleman

Hamilton D. Coleman

Hamilton Dudley Coleman (born May 12, 1845 in New Orleans , Louisiana , †  March 16, 1926 in Biloxi , Mississippi ) was an American politician . Between 1889 and 1891 he represented the state of Louisiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Hamilton Coleman attended both private and public schools. When the civil war broke out in 1861, he joined the army of the Confederate States . He remained a soldier until the end of the war and was present at the surrender of General Robert E. Lee in April 1865 . Upon his return to New Orleans, he began trading equipment for farms and plantations. In 1880, he co-founded the first New Orleans electricity company. First he became Vice President and then President of that company. In 1884 and 1885 he was involved in the organization of the World's Fair in New Orleans ( World's Industrial and Cotton exposure involved).

Politically, Coleman became a member of the Republican Party . In 1884 he was elected to the state board of this party. Coleman was President of the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce in 1887 and 1888. He also served as Vice President of the National Board of Trade and the New Orleans Trade Commission at the time.

In the 1888 congressional elections , Coleman was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of Louisiana . There he took over from Matthew D. Lagan of the Democratic Party on March 4, 1889 . Since he lost to Lagan in the 1890 elections , he was only able to complete one term in Congress until March 3, 1891 . In 1894, he applied unsuccessfully to return to the US House of Representatives. As early as 1890, his candidacy for the office of governor of Louisiana failed, as did his attempt to be elected lieutenant governor in 1892 . Hamilton Coleman worked for the United States Mint in New Orleans between 1899 and 1905 . After that he was a member of the Bundeseichkommission ( Assay Commission ) until 1912 . As a result, he did not hold any other public offices. He died on March 16, 1926 in Biloxi, Mississippi and was buried in New Orleans.

Web links

• Hamilton D. Coleman in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Hamilton D. Coleman in the database of Find a Grave (English)