Background
Hamilton, George Henry was born on April 4, 1875 in Wellington, Illinois, United States. Son of John Lawrence and Ann Eliza (Leemon) Hamilton.
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George Henry Hamilton
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Bachelor of Science, Olivet College, 1894. Graduate work Harvard, 1894-1896. Student Northwestern University Law School, 1898-1901.
Career
September 18, 1907; children—George Russell, Elizabeth Annual Admitted to Illinois bar, 1901. Entered banking business in Watseka, Illinois, 1903. Removed to Wichita, Kansas, and purchased State Savings Bank, Wichita, 1912.
Merged with Fourth National Bank, 1922.
Vice president, later president of same, 1924-1932. Governor of Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Missoury, 1932-1937, president 1937-1941.
Vice president Fourth National Bank, Wichita, Kansas, since 1941. Appointed chief renegotiator Midwestern Procurement District, Army Air Forces, December 9, 1942.
Regent of Wichita Municipal University, 1927-1932.
Achievements
Membership
Served in Illinois State legislature, 1906-1912. Member Phi Delta Phi. Mason.; Clubs: Wichita, Kansas City, Wichita Country, Mission Hills Country.
Connections
Married Anna C. Russell. Children: George Russell, Elizabeth Annual.
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Nationality
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Political Party
Republican