# Hamilton Harris
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{{short description|American politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Hamilton Harris
| image = Portrait of Hamilton Harris (1820–1900).png
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1820|05|01}}
| birth_place = [Preble, New York](/source/Preble%2C_New_York), U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1900|12|14|1820|05|01}}
| death_place = [Albany, New York](/source/Albany%2C_New_York), U.S.
| resting_place = [Albany Rural Cemetery](/source/Albany_Rural_Cemetery)
| other_names =
| occupation = Lawyer, politician
| spouse = Lucy Moody Rogers
| children =
| awards =
| education = [Union College](/source/Union_College)
| party = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))
| signature = Signature of Hamilton Harris (1820–1900).png
| office1 = Member of the [New York State Senate](/source/New_York_State_Senate)
| constituency1 = 13th District
| term_start1 = 1876
| term_end1 = 1879
| office2 = Member of the [New York State Assembly](/source/New_York_State_Assembly)
| constituency2 = 3rd District
| term2 = 1851
}}
'''Hamilton Harris''' (May 1, 1820 – December 14, 1900) was an American lawyer and politician from [New York](/source/New_York_(state)).
==Life==
Hamilton Harris was born in [Preble, New York](/source/Preble%2C_New_York) on May 1, 1820.[{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lcVKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA414 |title=The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography |volume=I |publisher=James T. White & Company |page=414 |year=1893 |access-date=2021-04-21 |via=Google Books}}] He studied at the [Cortland Academy](/source/Homer_Senior_High_School_(New_York)) and [the Albany Academy](/source/the_Albany_Academy).[{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5oFOISsJbisC&pg=PA120 |chapter=Harris, Hamilton |title=The Biographical Dictionary of America |first1=Rossiter |last1=Johnson |first2=John Howard |last2=Brown |date=1906 |volume=V |page=120 |publisher=American Biographical Society |location=Boston, Massachusetts |access-date=2025-07-14 |via=Google Books}}] Harris graduated from [Union College](/source/Union_College) in 1841. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1845, and practiced in Albany.[{{Cite news |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1900/12/16/102428385.pdf |title=Death List of a Day: Hamilton Harris |newspaper=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |location=Albany |page=7 |date=1900-12-16 |access-date=2021-04-21}}] He married Lucy Moody Rogers (1829–1898) in 1850.[
He was a member of the [New York State Assembly](/source/New_York_State_Assembly) (Albany Co., 3rd D.) in [1851](/source/74th_New_York_State_Legislature); and District Attorney of Albany County from 1854 to 1856.][{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GyUOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA470 |title=The New York Civil List |first=Stephen C. |last=Hutchins |publisher=Weed, Parsons & Company |pages=470, [https://books.google.com/books?id=GyUOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA540 540] |year=1870 |access-date=2021-04-21 |via=Google Books}}]
He was a member of the [New York State Republican Committee](/source/New_York_State_Republican_Committee) from 1864 to 1870; and a member of the Board of [Capitol](/source/New_York_State_Capitol) Commissioners from 1865 to 1875.
He was a member of the [New York State Senate](/source/New_York_State_Senate) (13th D.) from 1876 to 1879, sitting in the [99th](/source/99th_New_York_State_Legislature), [100th](/source/100th_New_York_State_Legislature), [101st](/source/101st_New_York_State_Legislature) and [102nd New York State Legislature](/source/102nd_New_York_State_Legislature)s.
In 1885, Harris was elected a Regent of the [University of the State of New York](/source/University_of_the_State_of_New_York).[{{Cite news |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1885/03/11/106172634.pdf |title=The New Regents |newspaper=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |page=2 |date=1885-03-11 |access-date=2021-04-21}}] In 1891, he was conferred an honorary LL.D. degree by Union College.[{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N8tTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP404 |chapter=Hamilton Harris |title=New York State's Prominent and Progressive Men: An Encyclopædia of Contemporaneous Biography |first=Mitchell C. |last=Harrison |date=1900 |volume=II |pages=144–145 |publisher=New York Tribune |access-date=2025-07-14 |via=Google Books}}]
He died in [Albany](/source/Albany%2C_New_York) on December 14, 1900, and was buried at the [Albany Rural Cemetery](/source/Albany_Rural_Cemetery) in [Menands, New York](/source/Menands%2C_New_York).[
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13th District | years = 1876–1879 | after = [Edward M. Madden](/source/Edward_M._Madden)}}
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Category:Lawyers from Albany, New York
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Category:Regents of the University of the State of New York
Category:Burials at Albany Rural Cemetery
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