| William Hamilton | |
| Order: | 8th |
| Office: | Mayor of the City of Flint, Michigan |
| Term Start: | 1863 |
| Term End: | 1865 |
| Predecessor: | William Paterson |
| Successor: | William B. McCreery[1] |
| Order2: | 17th |
| Office2: | Mayor of the City of Flint, Michigan |
| Term Start2: | 1876 |
| Term End2: | 1877 |
| Predecessor2: | Alexander McFarland |
| Successor2: | Edward Hughes Thomson |
| Order3: | 3rd |
| Office3: | Alderman |
| Term Start3: | 1861 |
| Term End3: | 1863 |
| Alongside3: | Samuel B. Wicks (1861) Edward C. Turner |
| Predecessor3: | Samuel N. Warren |
| Successor3: | I. N. Eldridge |
| Constituency3: | 2nd Ward, City of Flint, Michigan[2] |
| Order4: | 1st |
| Office4: | Assessor (property)Assessor |
| Term Start4: | 1855 |
| Term End4: | ? |
| Predecessor4: | none |
| Successor4: | ? |
| Constituency4: | 2nd Ward, City of Flint, Michigan |
| Children: | Lizzie |
William Hamilton (died January 9, 1878) was a Michigan politician that was the ninth and eighteenth mayor of the city of Flint, Michigan serving from 1863 to 1865 and 1876 to 1877.[3]
At the first Flint City elections in 1855, Hamilton was selected as Second Ward Assessor.[4] From 1861 to 1863 for 2 terms, he was City Council Alderman from the 2nd ward. He was elected as the eighth mayor of the City of Flint in 1863 and again in 1864, serving two one-year terms. He was later elected to the office again in 1876.[3]
His daughter, Lizzie, died from consumption on January 9, 1878.[5]