district state_senate succeeded death_date death_place birth_place party term_end preceded birth_date term_start image article_title state name restingplace alma_mater
8th 13th ohio john beatty c. h. gatch 22 december 1867 marysville , ohio gratiot , ohio republican december 22 , 1867 january 3 , 1858 james randolph hubbell william lawrence 2 january 1821 march 4 , 1867 january 7 , 1856 cornelius s. hamilton -lrb- ancestry.com -rrb- . jpg cornelius s. hamilton
 ohio cornelius springer hamilton oakdale cemetery , marysville , ohio denison university
cornelius s. hamilton

cornelius springer hamilton -lrb- january 2 , 1821 -- december 22 , 1867 -rrb- was a u.s. representative from ohio .
born in gratiot , ohio , hamilton attended the common schools and denison university .
he moved with his parents to union county in 1839 .
he engaged in agricultural pursuits with his father .
he studied law .
he was admitted to the bar in 1845 and commenced practice in marysville , ohio .
land appraiser and assessor in 1845 .
he served as delegate to the state constitutional convention 1850-1851 .
he was editor and proprietor of the marysville tribune 1850-1853 .
he served as member of the state senate in 1856 and 1857 .
he was appointed by president lincoln assessor of the eighth congressional district of ohio in 1862 and served until 1866 .
hamilton was elected as a republican to the fortieth congress and served from march 4 , 1867 , until his death , december 22 , 1867 .
hamilton was beaten to death by his apparently deranged son , thomas , with a board while the two fed livestock at the family farm in marysville .
thomas hamilton then pursued his mother , younger brother john , and members of the local community with an axe , injuring but not killing anyone else .
he was interred in oakdale cemetery in marysville .
