# Rod Hamilton > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rod_Hamilton > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rod_Hamilton.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Hamilton > Source revision: 1350278173 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American politician}} {{for|the basketball player and coach|Rodney Hamilton}} {{Infobox officeholder | name=Rod Hamilton | image= | state_house=Minnesota | district=22B | term_start=January 4, 2005 | term_end= | preceded=[Elaine Harder](/source/Elaine_Harder) | succeeded= | party=[Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) | birth_date={{birth date and age|1968|3|25}} | birth_place=[Humboldt, Iowa](/source/Humboldt%2C_Iowa), U.S. | death_date= | death_place= | alma_mater= | occupation=Pork producer, [legislator](/source/legislator) | spouse=Lynee | children=2 }} '''Rodney W. Hamilton''' (born March 25, 1968) is an American politician and former member of the [Minnesota House of Representatives](/source/Minnesota_House_of_Representatives). A member of the [Republican Party of Minnesota](/source/Republican_Party_of_Minnesota), he represented District 22B, which includes all or portions of [Cottonwood](/source/Cottonwood_County%2C_Minnesota), [Jackson](/source/Jackson_County%2C_Minnesota), [Nobles](/source/Nobles_County%2C_Minnesota) and [Redwood](/source/Redwood_County%2C_Minnesota) counties in the southwestern part of the state. He is also a local pork producer.{{cite web | url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=12264 | title=Hamilton, Rod | publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library | work=Legislators Past & Present | access-date=March 27, 2013}} ==Early life, education, and career== Hamilton graduated from Humboldt High School in Humboldt, Iowa. He is a former president of the [http://www.mnpork.com/ Minnesota Pork Producers].{{cite web | url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/38507/rod-hamilton#.UVO1B1eRfc8 | title=Representative Rod Hamilton's Biography | work=Project Vote Smart | access-date=March 27, 2013}} ==Minnesota House of Representatives== Hamilton was first elected to the House in 2004, and was re-elected in 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018.{{cite web | url=http://www.dglobe.com/event/article/id/42582/group/News/ | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730104722/http://www.dglobe.com/event/article/id/42582/group/News/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=July 30, 2012 | title=Magnus takes Senate seat | work=Worthington Daily Globe | date=November 3, 2010 | access-date=March 27, 2013 }} He was a [minority whip](/source/minority_whip) during the 2009 legislative session, and was an assistant [minority leader](/source/minority_leader) during the 2010 session. On November 17, 2010, incoming Republican [Speaker of the House](/source/List_of_Speakers_of_the_Minnesota_House_of_Representatives) [Kurt Zellers](/source/Kurt_Zellers) announced that Hamilton would serve as chairman of the House Agriculture Committee during the 2011–2012 biennium.{{cite web | url=http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/298804/group/News/ | title=Ag chairman brings experience | work=INFORUM | date=November 18, 2010 | access-date=March 27, 2013}}{{cite web | url=http://www.dglobe.com/event/article/id/43098/group/News/ | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730124448/http://www.dglobe.com/event/article/id/43098/group/News/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=July 30, 2012 | title=Local legislators Magnus, Hamilton named ag committee chairmen | work=Worthington Daily Globe | date=November 17, 2010 | access-date=March 27, 2013 | author=Davis, Don }} On November 30, 2010, he was named [majority whip](/source/majority_whip) by his House Republican colleagues.{{cite web | url=http://www.dglobe.com/event/article/id/43585/ | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130121124851/http://www.dglobe.com/event/article/id/43585/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 21, 2013 | title=Hamilton: House Majority Whip | work=Worthington Daily Globe | date=December 2, 2010 | access-date=March 27, 2013 }}{{cite web | url=http://www.minnpost.com/political-agenda/2010/12/gop-names-more-house-leaders-hamilton-majority-whip | title=GOP names more House leaders; Hamilton is majority whip | work=[MinnPost](/source/MinnPost) | date=December 2, 2010 | access-date=March 27, 2013 | author=Kimball, Joe}} In 2014, he was again elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives. Rep. Rod Hamilton, R-Mountain Lake, will chair the House Agriculture Finance Committee. ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{MN-legdb|12264}} * [http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/members.asp?id=12264 Rep. Rod Hamilton] ''official Minnesota House of Representatives website'' * [http://minnesota.publicradio.org/projects/ongoing/votetracker/legislator_view.php?id=122 Minnesota Public Radio Votetracker: Rep. Rod Hamilton] * [http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=38507 Project Votesmart - Rep. Rod Hamilton Profile] * [http://www.rodhamilton.org/ Rep. Rod Hamilton] ''official campaign website'' * [http://www.agrinews.com/news/minnesota_news/rural-republicans-to-chair-agriculture-committees/article_94532adc-2dad-5b5e-929b-c1dd2d6a8bed.html] {{DEFAULTSORT:Hamilton, Rod}} Category:1968 births Category:Living people Category:People from Mountain Lake, Minnesota Category:Republican Party members of the Minnesota House of Representatives Category:Lutherans from Minnesota Category:People from Humboldt, Iowa Category:21st-century members of the Minnesota Legislature --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Rod Hamilton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Hamilton) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Hamilton?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.