Norman R. Hamilton

Norman Rond Hamilton (born November 13, 1877 in Portsmouth , Virginia , †  March 26, 1964 in Norfolk , Virginia) was an American politician . Between 1937 and 1939 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Norman Hamilton attended public schools in his home country. Between 1895 and 1914 he was a newspaper reporter in Norfolk. From 1917 to 1955 he was the editor of the Portsmouth Star newspaper . Between 1914 and 1922 he was in charge of Virginia Customs. Before the United States entered World War I , he was one of the officers responsible for maintaining American neutrality. From 1916 to 1918 he headed the Port War Board at Hampton Roads , a committee that dealt with war-related port management during the war. Politically, Hamilton became a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1924 and 1960 he was a delegate to a total of five Democratic National Conventions . From 1922 to 1926 he was the curator of the Virginia State Teacher's College ; between 1933 and 1936 he was a bankruptcy administrator for five bankrupt banks in Washington, DC .

In the 1936 congressional election , Hamilton was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the second constituency of Virginia, where he succeeded Colgate Darden on January 3, 1937 . Since he was no longer nominated for re-election by his party in 1938, he was only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until January 3, 1939 . During this time, further New Deal laws were passed by the federal government under President Franklin D. Roosevelt .

After his time in the US House of Representatives, he continued his activities in the newspaper industry. In 1941 he ran unsuccessfully in a by-election for Congress. He died in Norfolk on March 26, 1964.

Web links

• Norman R. Hamilton in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Norman R. Hamilton in the database of Find a Grave (English)