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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyRobert HAMILTON
(1809-1878)
HAMILTON, Robert, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Hamburg, Sussex County,
N.J., December 9, 1809; attended the common schools; moved to
Newton, N.J., in 1831; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1836
and commenced practice in Newton; prosecutor of pleas of Sussex
County 1848-1858, 1868, and 1869; delegate to the Democratic
National Conventions at Charleston and Baltimore in 1860; member of
the State house of assembly 1863 and 1864 and served as speaker;
president of the Merchant’s National Bank 1865-1878; elected
as a Democrat to the Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses (March
4, 1873-March 3, 1877); resumed the practice of law; director of
the Morris & Essex Railroad Co.; died in Newton, Sussex County,
N.J., March 14, 1878; interment in Newton Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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