Hamilton Fish
| Hamilton Fish | |
| Photograph by Mathew Brady | |
| Hamilton Fish | |
| Born | 8/3/1808 |
|---|---|
| Birthplace | New York City, U.S. |
| Died | 9/7/1893 Garrison, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Statesman, lawyer, politician |
| Known for | 26th U.S. Secretary of State; settlement of the Alabama Claims; Governor of New York |
| Education | Columbia College (BA) |
| Spouse(s) | Julia Kean |
| Children | 7 |
Ulysses S. Grant.[1] Kingdom of Hawaiʻi [2] [1] George Washington Alexander Hamilton,[3] [1] [1] [1] [1] John Young.[1] [1] Daniel S. Dickinson.[1] <ref Preston King Abraham Lincoln,<ref Elihu B. Washburne,<ref <ref <ref>"The Ten Best Secretaries of State". American Heritage. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<<ref>"1873: One Hundred and Twenty-five Years Ago". American Heritage. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<<ref>"The Ten Best Secretaries of State". American Heritage. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<Kingdom of Hawaiʻi <ref James Milton Turner,<ref>""Our Little War with the Heathen"". American Heritage. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<<ref>"The Ten Best Secretaries of State". American Heritage. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<Hamilton Fish III <ref>"FISH, Hamilton, Jr., (1849–1936)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<<ref>"FISH, Hamilton, (1888–1991)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<Hamilton Fish IV <ref>"FISH, Hamilton, Jr., (1926–1996)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<<ref <ref>"The Ten Best Secretaries of State". American Heritage. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<<ref>"FISH, Hamilton, (1888–1991)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<<ref>"Hamilton Fish: The Inner History of the Grant Administration". Internet Archive. Retrieved 2026-02-24.<Samuel Blatchford William H. Seward Henry L. Stimson Richard Axel William Barr Alan Greenspan <refe
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "FISH, Hamilton, (1808–1893)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
- ↑ "The Ten Best Secretaries of State". American Heritage. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
- ↑ "Hamilton Fish". U-S-History.com. Retrieved 2026-02-24.
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