Name Peter Hamill | Role Politician | |
Peter J. Hamill (c. 1885 in New York City – January 13, 1930 in Manhattan, New York City) was an American politician from New York.
Life
He attended the public schools. He entered politics as a Democrat, and was an Inspector of the New York City Bureau of Weights and Measures from 1910 to 1915. He married Matilda Van Axen, and they had two children.
Hamill was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929 and 1930.
He was chosen Minority Leader at the opening of the session on January 1, 1930. On January 6, he underwent an emergency operation for appendicitis, but remained ill in Stuyvesant Polyclinic Hospital in Manhattan for another week, and died there about 20 minutes past midnight on January 13. He was buried at the Holy Cross Cemetery in Brooklyn.
On January 23, 1930, his widow Matilda Van Axen Hamill was appointed as Supervisor of Investigators for the new Crime Prevention Bureau of the New York City Police Department at a salary of $4,500 a year.