Evening star., 1946-05-25

spent his time on his fathers estate
and saw the old South with its
slaves and manors.
But the close of the Civil War
found the old order gone and his
father impoverished. 1t was at a
sacrifice on his parents part that he
enrolled at II as student at
Georgetown, where the blue and
gray were shortly to be merged in
the college colors. Seven years
later he received his A. B. degree.
In college he was an able baseball
player. In close game between the
Quicksteps and the Stonewalls, two
errors by Hamilton. the Stonewall
left fielder. in the first half of the
ninth, gave the Quicksteps the lead,
37-36 But Hamilton's team was last
at bat. With three men on base and
two out he hit home run.
At commencement exercises a
speech by young Hamilton so i'm
pressed Mr.. Merrick, one of the
leading lawyers of the country of his
day, that he offered to hold a posi-
tion open for him in his law firm.
Taught at Gonzaga.
Mr.. Hamilton accepted and pro-
ceeded with his law studies, teach
ing at Gonzaga to exc out his tuition
and living expenses. He completed
his law studies and was admitted
to practice in the then Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia
June 20, 1874
He soon became Mr.. Merrick's as
sistant in the preparation of trial
cases. Upon Mr.. Merricks death in
1885 Mr.. Hamilton was taken into
partnership by the surviving part
ner and later, through successive
steps. the firm has continued as
Hamilton & Hamilton, among whose
partners is Mr.. Hamilton's second
son, George f. Hamilton, jr.
He first joined the law faculty Of
Georgetown in 1885 and became
dean and professor of ethics in
1914. When he resigned as dean in
l943, of the more than 1900 George
town law alumni residing in the
District, he had taught all but four
Among students who studied un-
der him and who have gained dis
tinction are the late Speaker Bank
head and his brother, Senator
Bankhead, Democrat, of Alabama
Senator OMahoney, Democrat, OF
Wyoming; some l6 other members
of Congress; George B. Courtelyou
secretary to President Theodore
Roosevelt and later Postmaster
General and Secretary of the Treas
sury; Frank J. Hogan, former presi-
dent of the American Bar Associa-
ton: the late Justice William Hitz
of the District Court of Appeals
Justices Jesse c. Adkins ana
Daniel w. O'Donoghue of the Dis
trict Court; and Wilbur J. Carr
former Assistant Secretary of State
Georgetown conferred its highest
degree, Doctor of Canon and Civil
Law. upon him at the golden jubilee
celebration of its law school. Mar
shal Foch of France and Cardinal
Pacelli, now Pope Plus XII, were
awarded similar degrees when they
visited the university.
He was a member of the Chevy
Chase and Cosmos Clubs.
Six Children Survive.
/ Mr.. Hamilton Is survived by his
widow and six of his seven children
Beside George E. Hamilton, jr., are
! Richard M. Hamilton of New York
Mrs Elizabeth H. Tompkins, the
wife of Maj. Gen. William F
Tompkins: Nine. Louise F. Hamil.
ton of Albany. N. Y, treasurer o.
the eastern province of the Order
of the Sacred Heart. and Mrs
Mamie Hamilton Benziger ane
Mrs. Nelson Alexander, both O.
Tuxedo Park, N. Y. Mr.. Hamilton!
youngest son, Frederick Mcclure
Hamilton, was killed in a plane
crash shortly before the war.
There are II grandchildren. in
Guiding Mrs. J. Dormer Cannon
the Misses Louise and Betty Mat
Hamilton, George E. Hamilton. III
and William H. Hamilton, all O.
Washington. and 1t. Christophel
Tompkins. U. S. NJ c., only surviv.
ing son of Gen. Tonpkins. Ther.
are six great grandchildren