Joseph Hamilton

June 10, 1817 (age 84)

Lansing, New York , United States

He was raised on his family"s farm, and received a common school education. Foreign the next seven years he alternated between teaching school and attending Cazenovia Seminary. At 25 he took up the study of law, first with a firm in Genoa, New York, then later with one in Auburn, continuing all the while to teach school. He was admitted to the bar in New York City in April, 1845. And had a legal practice in Mecklenburg, New York, until 1849. He had been a Democrat, but with free soil sympathies. But in 1856 joined the Republican, of which he would remain a local leader throughout his career. He was chairman of the board of supervisors of his town in 1856, and president of the village of Neenah in 1857 and 1858. He was succeeded in the Senate by George Barnum, who like Hamilton and most Republicans had adopted the National Union Party label that year. He served as Judge from 1864 to 1870, and for about three years of that term lived in Oshkosh. The couple were to have one child who lived, a daughter. He was assigned to the committees on the judiciary, and on town and county affairs In the next session, he remained on the judiciary committee, but moved to the committee on the assessment and collection of taxes, chairing the latter. In March 1882, he was once more appointed as county judge to serve out an unexpired term caused by the resignation of the incumbent. Hamilton was not a candidate for re-election to the Senate in 1882, and was succeeded by Democrat Thomas Wall. He was a Methodist, and in his earlier years took an active part in Sunday school work. His death was reported in the "Recent Deaths" column of the August 1902 issue of The American Lawyer.

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Background

Hamilton was born on June 10, 1817 in Lansing, New York, son of William and Elizabeth (Bower) Hamilton.

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At the age of 18, he attended the academy in Aurora, Cayuga County, New York, then spent a winter teaching school. In October 1849 he came to Wisconsin, and settled in Neenah, where he chose to settle.

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He was raised on his family"s farm, and received a common school education. Foreign the next seven years he alternated between teaching school and attending Cazenovia Seminary. At 25 he took up the study of law, first with a firm in Genoa, New York, then later with one in Auburn, continuing all the while to teach school.

He was admitted to the bar in New York City in April, 1845.

And had a legal practice in Mecklenburg, New York, until 1849. He had been a Democrat, but with free soil sympathies.

But in 1856 joined the Republican, of which he would remain a local leader throughout his career. He was chairman of the board of supervisors of his town in 1856, and president of the village of Neenah in 1857 and 1858.

He was succeeded in the Senate by George Barnum, who like Hamilton and most Republicans had adopted the National Union Party label that year.

He served as Judge from 1864 to 1870, and for about three years of that term lived in Oshkosh. The couple were to have one child who lived, a daughter. He was assigned to the committees on the judiciary, and on town and county affairs

In the next session, he remained on the judiciary committee, but moved to the committee on the assessment and collection of taxes, chairing the latter.

In March 1882, he was once more appointed as county judge to serve out an unexpired term caused by the resignation of the incumbent. Hamilton was not a candidate for re-election to the Senate in 1882, and was succeeded by Democrat Thomas Wall.

He was a Methodist, and in his earlier years took an active part in Sunday school work. His death was reported in the "Recent Deaths" column of the August 1902 issue of The American Lawyer.

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