Background
He was born in 1893 in Scotland, the son of Edward Mackie Hampton (1862–1934) and Agnes (Hately) Hampton (1866–1961).
He was born in 1893 in Scotland, the son of Edward Mackie Hampton (1862–1934) and Agnes (Hately) Hampton (1866–1961).
He graduated from Gouverneur High School, in Gouverneur, New York, in 1913. And from Syracuse University College of Law in 1916.
During World War I, he served with the 301st Engineers of the United States. Army, and finished the war as a lieutenant. After the war, he practiced law in Utica, and was a Justice of the Peace. He was a United States. Commissioner for the Northern District of New York from 1927 to 1934.
He died on February 27, 1957, in Faxton Hospital in Utica, New York, after a heart attack.
Hampton was a member of the New York State Senate (36th Doctorate) from 1935 to 1944, sitting in the 158th, 159th, 160th, 161st, 162nd, 163rd and 164th New York State Legislatures.