Edward L. Hamilton

Edward La Rue Hamilton ( born December 9, 1857 in Niles, Berrien County, Michigan, † November 2, 1923 in St. Joseph, Michigan ) was an American politician. Between 1897 and 1921 he represented the state of Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Edward Hamilton attended the public schools of his home, including the Niles High School, where he graduated in 1876. After a subsequent study of law and its made ​​in 1884 admitted to the bar he began in Niles to work in his new profession.

Politically, Hamilton was a member of the Republican Party. In the congressional elections of 1896 he was in the fourth electoral district of Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Henry F. Thomas on March 4, 1897. After eleven re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1921 twelve legislatures. In this time were, among others, the Spanish-American War and the First World War. In addition, the 16th, the 17th, the 18th and the 19th Amendment to the Constitution were discussed and approved in Congress. Between 1903 and 1911 Edward Hamilton was chairman of the committee that dealt with the American territories.

In 1920, Hamilton gave up another Congress candidate. After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives, he practiced as a lawyer in St. Joseph. He is also passed on November 2, 1923. He was buried in Niles.