Alexander Hamilton Jr. (1816–1889)
Alexander Hamilton Jr. | |
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United States Legation at Madrid | |
In office 1848–1850 | |
Personal details | |
Born | New York City, U.S. | January 26, 1816
Died | December 30, 1889 New York City, U.S. | (aged 73)
Spouse |
Angelica Livingston (m. 1840) |
Children | 1 son |
Parents |
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Relatives | See Hamilton family |
Alma mater | United States Military Academy |
Occupation | Lawyer |
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Alexander Hamilton Jr. (January 26, 1816 – December 30, 1889), was the son of James Alexander Hamilton, and the grandson of Alexander Hamilton, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
Early life
Hamilton was born on January 26, 1816, in New York City. He was the third of five children, and the only son, born to James Alexander Hamilton (1788–1878) and Mary Morris, the daughter of Robert Morris and Frances Ludlum and the sister of Lewis Gouverneur Morris (1808–1900).[1]
His paternal grandparents were Alexander Hamilton (1755–1804), the first
Hamilton attended the United States Military Academy at West Point from July 1832 to June 1835.[3]
Career
He became a lawyer in New York City, and was a founding partner in the law firm of Hamilton and Lyon.
U.S. Civil War
In April 1861, during the
Hamilton wrote to President Lincoln in a letter dated May 26, 1862, calling Secretary of War
Personal life
In 1845, after his return from Spain, he married Angelica Livingston (1820–1896), the daughter of
Hamilton was a founding member, and the first president, of New York's
References
- ISBN 9780275939762.
- ^ Reynolds, Cuyler (1914). Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 1343.
Maturin Livingston married Margaret Lewis.
- ^ a b c Heitman, Francis B. (1890). Historical Register of the United States Army, From Its Organization: September 29, 1789, to September 29, 1889. Washington, D.C.: The National Tribune. p. 315.
- ^ a b c d e "Hamilton, Alexander". Appletons' Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1889. Vol. XXIX. D. Appleton and Company. 1890. p. 633.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-61121-021-7 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Report of General Wool to Governor Seymour" (July 20, 1863), in Seymour, Horatio (1868). Cook, Thomas M.; Knox, Thomas W. (eds.). Public Record: Including Speeches, Messages, Proclamations, Official Correspondence, and Other Public Utterances. New York: I. W. England. p. 135.
- ^ a b Reynolds, Cuyler (1914). Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 1383.
Livingston.