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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—FloridaCharles Memorial HAMILTON
(1840-1875)
HAMILTON, Charles
Memorial, a Representative from Florida; born in Pine Creek
Township, Clinton County, Pa., November 1, 1840; attended the
public schools and was graduated from the Columbia Law School,
Columbia, Pa.; entered the Union Army as a private in 1861 and
served in Company A, Fifth Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Corps;
appointed judge advocate of the general court-martial and general
pass officer for the Army of the Potomac; served on the staff of
the Military Governor of Washington, D.C., until transferred to
Marianna, Fla., in 1865; was admitted to the bar in 1867 and
commenced practice in Marianna, Fla.; upon the readmission of the
State of Florida to representation was elected as a Republican to
the Fortieth and Forty-first Congresses and served from July 1,
1868, to March 3, 1871; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in
1870; appointed senior major general of the Florida Militia in
February 1871; postmaster of Jacksonville, Fla., from July 27,
1871, to March 1, 1872; appointed collector of customs at Key West,
Fla., in February 1873; resigned on account of ill health; died in
Pine Creek Township, Clinton County, Pa., October 22, 1875;
interment in Jersey Shore Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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