Andrew Holman HAMILTON, Congress, IN (1834-1895)

HAMILTON, Andrew Holman, a Representative from Indiana; born in Fort Wayne, Ind., June 7, 1834; attended the common schools and was graduated from Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind., in 1854; studied law at Harvard University; was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice in Fort Wayne, Ind.; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1879); resumed the practice of law; died in Fort Wayne, Ind., May 9, 1895; interment in Lindenwood Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present