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    Hamilton Fish

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  1. Education. Columbia College ( BA) Signature. Hamilton Fish (August 3, 1808 – September 7, 1893) was an American politician and statesman who served as the 16th governor of New York from 1849 to 1850, a United States senator from New York from 1851 to 1857, and the 26th U.S. secretary of state from 1869 to 1877.

  2. Virginius affair. Hamilton Fish (born Aug. 3, 1808, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died Sept. 6, 1893, New York) was the U.S. secretary of state (1869–77) who skillfully promoted the peaceful arbitration of explosive situations with Great Britain and Latin America.

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  3. About. HAMILTON FISH, the eighteenth governor of New York, was born in New York City on August 3, 1808. His education was attained at Dr. Bancel’s French School, and at Columbia College, where he graduated in 1827. He went on to study law, and in 1830 was admitted to the bar.

  4. Jun 11, 2018 · Hamilton Fish was born on Aug. 3, 1808, in New York City. His father was a socially prominent lawyer and Federalist; his mother was from the old Stuyvesant family. Fish graduated with highest honors from Columbia College in 1827 and was admitted to the bar in 1830.

  5. Fish was born in New York, New York, on August 3, 1808, and graduated from Columbia University in 1827. He became a lawyer and also managed his extensive family holdings. Subsequently, Fish entered politics, running unsuccessfully for the New York State Senate in 1833.

  6. Statesman. Columbia College 1827. One of New York's great statesmen, Hamilton Fish served as secretary of state under President Ulysses S. Grant. A lawyer by training and an enthusiastic Whig, he served single terms as a U.S. representative, lieutenant governor, governor, and U.S. senator.

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  8. Governor, US senator, and secretary of state. Born into an elite family and son of Nicholas Fish and Elizabeth Stuyvesant, Hamilton Fish graduated from Columbia College in 1827 and was admitted to the bar in 1830.

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