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Hamer, Thomas Ray, soMit-r, Imwvit. jurcongressman, was burn .May 4, IHlU, in Vermont, III. He was educatt'd in the public schools, at Iledding eollego and at the lllooni ington luw school. In ISUIi he moved to St. Anthony, Idaho; and there l)egan the pracist,

In 181)8 he enlisted as a private in the tirst regiment Idaho volunteer infantry; and served as captain and lieutenantcolonel of that regiment in the Spani^li .ineriean war. He was military goveruiir of the Island of Cebu; and an associate Justice of the supreme court of the Philippines. In 1901 he was muatered out as lieutenantcolonel in the thirty-seventh regiment United States voluntwr infantry. In 19(U>11 he was a ropre.<*entative from Idaho to tiie si.xty-lirst congress as a republican. tice of law.

Hamerschlag, Arthur Arton, educator, sciwas Iwrn in 18(»7 in Nebraska. In 1892-1904 he was superintendent of St. George's evening trade sch(K)l of New York City. During the .same pericxl he was in independent practice as a consulting eh*ctrical and mechanical engineer. He is a menilMT of the American association for the aihaiie-ment of .science. Hamersley, James Hooker, lawyer, philanenti^t.

thropist,

{HM't,

New York

was

.Ian. 2<5, IS44, in sent to the state convention by the inde-

Ixirn

He was

N..r.

He graduated from

ated for the state assembly from the elevbut enth district. withdrew in favor of

<Jla«les,

his friend, William Waldorf Astor, whom

he

1895,

was the author of a vohinii' of pm'ms en-

Hamilton, A. H^ lawyer, congressman. In he was a representative from In diana to the forty f(»urtli and forty fifth

Voices.

He

died Sept. 15,

in New York City. Hamersley, John William, lawyer, author, was lx)rn .Iay 24, 1808. in N»'w York City. He was a noted lawyer of New York City. He was the author of Keminiscences oi Ijidy Hester Stanhope; A Chemieal Change in Kucharist and other works. He is the hero

man, was born

in

aklan8 he was city attorney of Hartford, Conn.; and in 1868 88 was states attorney. In 189.3 94 he was judge of the superior court and since 1894 has been associate l>orn

Fort

1

ollicer of

the District of

Kneyclopedia.

1895, in

was born Jan. 1. 1757, in the He entered the army as an

au-

Columbia. 11c is a lieutenant in the I tiitt'd States marine c<»rps. He is the author of Records of Living Officers of the I'nited States Navy and .Marine Corps; an<l Naval

9.

In<lies.

City.

soldier,

May

Hamilton, Alexander, lawyer, soldier, cab-

Ranch, by Maync

died in IK89 in N<

Hamersley, Lewis Randolph,

Md.

1875-79



thor,

St, Peter's college

Hamill, Patrick, mercliant. jurist, congressApril 28, 1817, in (Jreen Mil. He was elected to the state assembly in |S4;{ and 1844; and was seven y«'ars judge of the Orplians' court <»f Allegheny county. In 18«i9 71 he was a representative from .Maryland to the forty-first «-ongress as a «lemoerat. lie died .Ian. 17,

1901.

He

supreme court of Con-

of .Icrscy City, where he receivetl the degrees of 'a. H. 'and A.M. In 1902 06 he was a member of the New .Fersey hquse of assembly. In l!t(i7-l.") he was a representative from New ,Icrs4'y to the sixtieth, Mixty-ilrst, sixty-second and sixty-third congresses as a

democrat.

successlalM)red He fully to elect.

The Seven

33

Hamill, Ernest Alfred, banker, linancier, wa-. Inirn .Inly I. iSol, in IMooniington, Ind. Since 1889 he has U-en a biinker; is president of the Corn exchange national luiuk of t 'hicago, III.; and is vice presiklent of the KIgin national watch company of KIgin, HI. riamill, Howard M., soldier, educator, clergyman, author, was born Aug. 10. 1847, in L<iwndcslH)ro, Ala. In I8G4-G."» he served in the confetlerate army. In 1872-85 he was city superintendent of schools in Missouri and Illinois; and in 1881 was president of the Missouri state teachers' association. Since 1885 he has InfU a clergj'man of the uicthodist church; and since 1902 has been eiuperintendent of training works in the metiiiMlisi episcopal church at Nashville, Tenn. He is the author of the Sunday Scl.ool Teacher; an 1 International I^esson II isf orv Hamill, James A., lawyer, congressnuin, was iMirn .March 30. 1877. in Jersey City,

pendent republicans a delegate. Later he was nomin-

in 1877 as

titled

AMKUiCAN HUKiHArilV.

jnsiifc of the state ncfiicut.



to



the

«lelegate

continental

from

New

^^HlPim

York. In 1786 he elected to the slate a^->embly; and was elected to the convention which framed the federal constitution; and was the only member from New Y«»rk who signed that instrument. In 1789-95 he