Education
Brown University.
Brown University.
He was the older brother of future Vice President of the United States Hannibal Hamlin and graduated from Brown University. He set up a law practice in Waterford, Maine and eventually settled in Bangor, Maine. He ran for Governor of Maine in 1848 and 1849 as a Whig.
He also served in the Maine State Senate, in 1837 and 1858-1859 and in the Maine House of Representatives in 1830-1832 and 1847-1848, and was the Mayor of Bangor from 1851-1852.