Background
HAMILTON, Norman R. was born on November 13, 1877 in Portsmouth, Virginia, United States. Son of Richard Dabney and Ella L. (Rond) Hamilton.
Board of State Teachers Colleges
HAMILTON, Norman R. was born on November 13, 1877 in Portsmouth, Virginia, United States. Son of Richard Dabney and Ella L. (Rond) Hamilton.
Educational public schools.
Began as reporter Public Ledger, Norfolk, Virginia, 1895. Became public Portsmouth Star, 1917. Now Portsmouth executive Norfolk Newspapers, Inc.
Also commissioner Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority. Vice president Mutual Federal Savings & Loan Association of Norfolk. Director American National Bank of Portsmouth.
Collector customs District of Virginia, 1914-1922. Chairman Port War Board of Hampton Roads, 1916-1917. Appointed by Governor, member Virginia State Ports Authority, 1952.
Democratic presidential elector, Virginia, 1912. Delegate Democratic National Convention, New York, 1924, Houston, 1928, Chicago, 1932, 52, Los Angeles, 1960. Named First Citizen, Portsmouth.
Past trustee State Teachers Colls., Fredericksburg, Farmville, East Radford and Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Member, Board Virginia State Teachers Colleges. Collector of Customs, two terms. Representative of State Department in enforcement of Neutrality before United States entered World War.
Virginia Delegate, Democrat National Convention, 1924, 1928. Owner, Publisher of Portsmouth, Virginia, Star. Clubs: Portsmouth Country, Ports mouth Rotary, (Virginia).
Married Adelaide Etheredge, October 10, 1901. Children: Norman Etheredge (deceased), Richard Douglas (deceased).