Hamilton Fish (1808-1893)

Senator Hamilton Fish, 16th Governor of New York & U.S. Secretary of State

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Father
Nicholas Fish (1758-1833)
Mother
Elizabeth (Stuyvesant) Fish (1775-1854)
Spouse
Julia (Kean) Fish (1816-1887)
Children
Sarah (Fish) Webster (1838-1925)
Elizabeth (Fish) d'Hauteville (1839-1864)
Julia (Fish) Benjamin (1841-1908)
Susan LeRoy (Fish) Rogers (1844-1909)
Nicholas Fish II (1846-1902)
Hamilton Fish II (1849-1936)
Stuyvesant Fish (1851-1923)
Edith (Fish) Northcote (1856-1887)

Associated Houses

Glenclyffe

Garrison-on-Hudson

He was named for his father's friend, Alexander Hamilton of Hamilton Grange. Fish was U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents Grant and Hayes; U.S. Senator from New York; Lieutenant-Governor of New York & 16th Governor of New York.  

Categories

Gilded Age Governors Politicians
Contributed by Mark Meredith on 13/10/2018 and last updated on 20/05/2020.