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Role
  
U.S. representative

Resigned
  
December 22, 1867

Name
  
Cornelius Hamilton

Succeeded by
  
John Beatty


Alma mater
  
Political party
  
Preceded by
  
Education
  
Resting place
  
Marysville

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Born
  
January 2, 1821Gratiot, Ohio (
1821-01-02
)

Died
  
December 22, 1867, Marysville, Ohio, United States

Preceded by
  
James Randolph Hubbell

Cornelius Springer Hamilton (January 2, 1821 – December 22, 1867) 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, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits with his father. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1845, commencing practice in Marysville, Ohio. He acted as a land appraiser and assessor in 1845, after which he served as delegate to the State constitutional convention 1850-1851. He was editor and proprietor of the Marysville Tribune 1850-1853.He then served as member of the State senate in 1856 and 1857, and 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.

References

Cornelius S. Hamilton Wikipedia


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