Andrew Hamilton | |
State: | Indiana |
Term Start: | March 4, 1875 |
Term End: | March 3, 1879 |
Predecessor: | District established |
Successor: | Walpole G. Colerick |
Birth Date: | 7 June 1834 |
Birth Place: | Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S. |
Death Place: | Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S |
Education: | Wabash College Harvard University |
Restingplace: | Lindenwood Cemetery |
Birthname: | Andrew Holman Hamilton |
Andrew Holman Hamilton (June 7, 1834 – May 9, 1895) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a politician from Indiana who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1875 to 1879.
He was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, June 7, 1834, the oldest son of Allen Hamilton, an Irish immigrant and local banker.[1] Hamilton attended the common schools and graduated from Wabash College in Crawfordsville in 1854. Hamilton studied law at Harvard University. After being admitted to the bar in 1859, he began to practice law in Fort Wayne.
Hamilton married Phoebe Taber in 1851. The couple had five children.[2]
He is the uncle of Edith Hamilton and Alice Hamilton.[3]
He was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879). After his term in the House, he resumed the practice of law.
Hamilton died in Fort Wayne on May 9, 1895. He is interred in Lindenwood Cemetery.