page_title: Fish family
section_title: Notable members
hierarchical_section_title: Fish family / Notable members
caption_attribution_description: English: American diplomat Nicholas Fish II (1846-1902)
context_page_description: The Fish family is a prominent American family, members of which became influential in politics, diplomacy, and business. The family is of English origin and is descended from Jonathan Fish, who was born in East Farndon, Northamptonshire, England, and ultimately settled in the Province of New York.
context_section_description: Nicholas Fish (1758–1833), an American Revolutionary Soldier, an Adjutant General of New York, a candidate for U.S. Representative from New York in 1804 and 1806, and a candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York in 1810 and 1811.
  Hamilton Fish (1808–1893), a candidate for New York Assemblyman in 1834, a U.S. Representative from New York from 1843–1845, a candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York in 1846, the Lieutenant Governor of New York in 1848, the Governor of New York from 1849–1851, a U.S. Senator from New York from 1851–1857, the U.S. Secretary of State 1869–1877.
  D. Maitland Armstrong (1836–1919), a U.S. Consul in Rome, Italy 1869–1871; the U.S. Chargé d'Affaires to the Papal States 1869; the U.S. Consul General in Rome, Italy 1871-1873.
  Stuyvesant Fish Morris (1843–1928), a prominent physician.
  Nicholas Fish II (1846–1902), the U.S. Chargé d'Affaires to Switzerland from 1877–1881, the U.S. Minister to Belgium from 1882–1885.
  Hamilton Fish II (1849–1936), a New York Assemblyman 1874, 1876–1879, 1889–1891, and 1893–1896, a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1884, and a U.S. Representative from New York from 1909–1911.
  Stuyvesant Fish (1851–1923), a businessman who served as President of the Illinois Central Railroad.
  Hamilton Fish III (1888–1991), a New York Assemblyman from 1914–1916, a U.S. Representative from New York from 1920–1945, a New York Republican Committeeman in 1936.
  Hamilton Fish Armstrong (1893–1973), a U.S. diplomat; an editor of Foreign Affairs 1928–1972.
  Hamilton Fish IV (1926–1996), a U.S. Representative from New York 1969–1995 and a delegate to the Republican National Convention 1984.
  Hamilton Fish V (born 1952), an unsuccessful candidate for U.S. Representative from New York in 1988 and 1994.
caption: Nicholas Fish II
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