Patrick Hamill

Patrick Hamill ( born April 28, 1817 with Altamont, Allegany County, Maryland, † January 15, 1895 in Oakland, Maryland ) was an American politician. Between 1869 and 1871 he represented the state of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Patrick Hamill attended the common schools and worked in retail and in the real estate industry. In the years 1841 and 1842 he was also a tax collector. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. From 1843 to 1844 he sat in the House of Representatives from Maryland. Between 1854 and 1869 he served as judge of the court of guardianship for orphans in Allegany County.

In the congressional elections of 1868 Hamill was in the fourth electoral district of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Francis Thomas on March 4, 1869. Since he resigned in 1870 to further candidacy, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1871. In this time, the ratification of the 15th Amendment to the Constitution fell.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, Patrick Hamill operated again in the real estate industry. He died on January 15, 1895 in Oakland, where he was also buried.