James Kent Hamilton
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Page Module:Infobox/styles.css has no content.James Kent Hamilton | |
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| 29th Mayor of Toledo, Ohio | |
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| Preceded by | Samuel F. Forbes |
| Succeeded by | Vincent J. Emmick |
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| Born | Script error: No such module "person date". Milan, Ohio, US |
| Died | Script error: No such module "person date". Toledo, Ohio, US |
| Party | Republican |
| SpouseScript error: No such module "Detect singular". | Sibyl Williams Ethel B. Allen |
| Kenyon College | |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Branch/service | Union Army |
Years of service | May 28, 1863 - July 6, 1865[1] |
| Rank | Captain |
| Unit | 113th Ohio Infantry |
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James Kent Hamilton (1839 – 1918) was an American soldier and politician who served as mayor of Toledo, Ohio, from 1887 to 1891.
Biography
James Kent Hamilton was born in Milan, Ohio, May 17, 1839.[2][3] He was the son of Thomas and Sarah O. (Standart) Hamilton.[2][3] His father was a merchant and shipper, and served as a Whig in the Ohio Senate.[2] James graduated from Milan schools, and from Kenyon College in 1859.[2] He studied law in Mount Vernon, Milan, and Toledo, Ohio, and was admitted to the bar in 1862. He served as a captain in the 113th Ohio Infantry until the end of the American Civil War.[2]
Hamilton resumed the practice of law in Toledo after the war and was prosecuting attorney of Lucas County in 1869.[3] He was elected mayor of Toledo in 1887 and 1889, serving four years.[2]
Hamilton was married on October 13, 1876, to Sibyl Williams, who died in 1877.[2] He was remarried on July 27, 1898, to Ethel B. Allen.[3] He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.[3]
Hamilton died December 29, 1918, in Toledo.[3]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Reid, Whitelaw (1895). "113 Ohio Infantry". Ohio in the War Her Statesmen Generals and Soldiers. Vol. 2. Cincinnati: The Robert Clarke Company. pp. 594, 596.
- ^ a b c d e f g Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Reed, George Irving; Randall, Emilius Oviatt; Greve, Charles Theodore, eds. (1897). Bench and Bar of Ohio: a Compendium of History and Biography. Vol. 1. Chicago: Century Publishing and Engraving Company. pp. 181–183.
- ^ a b c d e f Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Reports ... Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Association ... Vol. 40. Ohio State Bar Association. 1919. p. 148.
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