Hamilton Harris

Hamilton Harris (May 1, 1820 Preble, Cortland County, New York – December 14, 1900 Albany, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. 

Life
He graduated from Union College in 1841.  Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1845, and practiced in Albany.  He married Lucy Moody Rogers (1829–1898). 

He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Albany Co., 3rd D.) in 1851; and District Attorney of Albany County from 1854 to 1856. 

He was a member of the New York State Republican Committee from 1864 to 1870; and a member of the Board of Capitol Commissioners from 1865 to 1875. 

He was a member of the New York State Senate (13th D.) from 1876 to 1879, sitting in the 99th, 100th, 101st and 102nd New York State Legislatures. 

In 1885, he was elected a Regent of the University of the State of New York. 

He was buried at the Albany Rural Cemetery in Menands, New York. 

Sources
 The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1870; pg.  470 and 540)
 THE NEW REGENTS in NYT on March 11, 1885
 DEATH LIST OF A DAY; Hamilton Harris in NYT on December 16, 1900

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