Hamilton Harris

Hamilton Harris
Member of the New York State Senate
In office
1876–1879
Constituency13th District
Member of the New York State Assembly
In office
1851
Constituency3rd District
Personal details
Born(1820-05-01)May 1, 1820
Preble, New York, U.S.
DiedDecember 14, 1900(1900-12-14) (aged 80)
Albany, New York, U.S.
Resting placeAlbany Rural Cemetery
PartyRepublican
SpouseLucy Moody Rogers
EducationUnion College
OccupationLawyer, politician
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Hamilton Harris (May 1, 1820 – December 14, 1900) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life

Hamilton Harris was born in Preble, New York on May 1, 1820. He studied at the Cortland Academy and the Albany Academy. Harris graduated from Union College in 1841. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1845, and practiced in Albany. He married Lucy Moody Rogers (1829–1898) in 1850.

He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Albany Co., 3rd D.) in 1851; and District Attorney of Albany County from 1854 to 1856.

He was a member of the New York State Republican Committee from 1864 to 1870; and a member of the Board of Capitol Commissioners from 1865 to 1875.

He was a member of the New York State Senate (13th D.) from 1876 to 1879, sitting in the 99th, 100th, 101st and 102nd New York State Legislatures.

In 1885, Harris was elected a Regent of the University of the State of New York. In 1891, he was conferred an honorary LL.D. degree by Union College.

He died in Albany on December 14, 1900, and was buried at the Albany Rural Cemetery in Menands, New York.

References

  1. ↑ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. I. James T. White & Company. 1893. p. 414. Retrieved April 21, 2021 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ Johnson, Rossiter; Brown, John Howard (1906). "Harris, Hamilton". The Biographical Dictionary of America. Vol. V. Boston, Massachusetts: American Biographical Society. p. 120. Retrieved July 14, 2025 – via Google Books.
  3. 1 2 "Death List of a Day: Hamilton Harris" (PDF). The New York Times. Albany. December 16, 1900. p. 7. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  4. 1 2 Harrison, Mitchell C. (1900). "Hamilton Harris". New York State's Prominent and Progressive Men: An Encyclopædia of Contemporaneous Biography. Vol. II. New York Tribune. pp. 144–145. Retrieved July 14, 2025 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ Hutchins, Stephen C. (1870). The New York Civil List. Weed, Parsons & Company. pp. 470, 540. Retrieved April 21, 2021 – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ "The New Regents" (PDF). The New York Times. March 11, 1885. p. 2. Retrieved April 21, 2021.