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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—South CarolinaJames HAMILTON, Jr.
(1786-1857)
HAMILTON, James, Jr., a
Representative from South Carolina; born in Charleston, S.C., May
8, 1786; completed academic studies; studied law; was admitted to
the bar and commenced practice in Charleston; served in the War of
1812 as major; mayor of Charleston; member of the State house of
representatives, 1819-1823; elected as a Republican to the
Seventeenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation
of William Lowndes; elected as a Jackson Republican to the
Eighteenth Congress, and reelected as a Jacksonian to the
Nineteenth, and Twentieth Congresses, and served from December 13,
1822, to March 3, 1829; chairman, Committee on Military Affairs
(Eighteenth through Twentieth Congresses); Governor of South
Carolina 1830-1832; moved to Texas; appointed diplomatic agent of
the Republic of Texas to France, Great Britain, Belgium and the
Netherlands in 1839; was drowned on November 15, 1857, while on his
way from New Orleans to Galveston.
Bibliography
Kell, Carl Lewis. “A Rhetorical History of James Hamilton,
Jr.: The Nullification Era in South Carolina, 1816-1834.”
Ph.D. diss., University of Kansas, 1971; Tinkler, Robert. James
Hamilton of South Carolina. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State
University Press, 2004.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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