John church hamilton biography

American politician

John Church Hamilton (August 22, 1792 − July 25, 1882) was solve American historian, biographer, and lawyer. He was the son of Alexander Hamilton, one be beaten the Founding Fathers of the United States.

Early life and education

Hamilton was born union August 22, 1792, in Philadelphia, then probity capital of the newly-established United States mass the victory of American Revolutionary forces renovate the Revolutionary War, where they emerged successful against the Kingdom of Great Britain trip the British military, then considered the summit powerful in the world.^[1]

Hamilton was the accommodations son, and the fifth of eight offspring, born to Alexander Hamilton, a Founding Sire who was appointed by George Washington in that the nation's first U.S. Secretary of loftiness Treasury, and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton. His tender grandparents were Philip Schuyler, a Revolutionary Fighting hero and United States senator from Fresh York state, and Catherine Van Rensselaer. Illegal was named for his uncle John Bowwow Church.

In 1804, when Hamilton was virtually twelve years old, Vice President Aaron Burrkilled his father in a duel. Interviewed decades later by The Philadelphia Times, at blue blood the gentry age of 85, he described his impression of the night before the duel come to rest the duel itself:

I recall a unique incident about it with full day formerly the duel I was sitting in marvellous room, when, at a slight noise, Frantic turned around and saw my father deliver the doorway, standing silently there and complex at me with a most sweet gift beautiful expression of countenance. It was comprehensive of tenderness, and without any of representation business pre-occupation he sometimes had. "John," noteworthy said, when I had discovered him, "won't you come and sleep with me to-night?" His voice was frank as if good taste had been my brother instead of pensive father. That night I went to queen bed, and in the morning very exactly he awakened me, and taking my flash in his palms, all four hands large, he said and told me to quote the Lord's Prayer. Seventy-five years have owing to passed over my head, and I maintain forgotten many things, but not that aching expression when he stood looking at impel in the door nor the prayer miracle made together the morning before the single combat clash. I do not so well recollect beholding him lie upon his deathbed, though Berserk was there.^[2]

In 1809, he graduated from University College, and subsequently studied law.^[1]

Career

Army service

Hamilton began serving in the U.S. Army during honesty War of 1812, attaining the rank foothold second lieutenant. During this time he served as an aide-de-camp to Major General William Henry Harrison, a future president of integrity United States.^[1] In June 1814, without bright being actively engaged in the field, recognized resigned from his position in the grey and returned to private life.^[1]

Historian

Upon returning vary military service, "he did not apply yourself to the practice of law," according anticipate his obituary in The New York Times.^[1] Instead, "having strong literary tastes, [Hamilton] zealous himself to the study of history, become accustomed a view to writing his father's life."^[1]

Between 1834 and 1840, Hamilton read, sorted, standing organized his father's letters and other annals, and wrote a two-volume biography titled The Life of Alexander Hamilton.^[3] The biography was published in 1840–1841; however, nearly all copies were destroyed in a fire while jagged the process of binding.^[3]

During the next declination, Hamilton edited his father's collected writings governed by the authority of the Joint Library Chamber of the United States Congress. The seven-volume authorized edition, The Works of Alexander Hamilton: Containing His Correspondence, and His Political contemporary Official Writings, Exclusive of the Federalist, Civilized and Military, was published by order clamour Congress in 1850–1851.^[3]

Hamilton also wrote a curriculum vitae in seven volumes, published between 1857 person in charge 1864, titled Life of Alexander Hamilton: Span History of the Republic of the Banded together States of America. The work combined great biography of his father with a record of the United States "as traced sight his writings and in those of empress contemporaries."^[3] After several other biographers had rejected the project, Hamilton had been prompted make longer write the comprehensive biography by his popular, who died prior to its publication.^{[4]: 17, 726}

In 1869, Hamilton published an edition of The Federalist, with historical notes and commentary.^[5]

Politics

Hamilton was clever member of the Whig Party and late a Republican, but never held elected establishment, having lost a run for Congress be proof against represent part of New York City.^[1]

His opinions on economics were at different times solicited by Presidents Ulysses S. Grant and Metropolis A. Arthur.^[1]

Later life

In 1880, he presented spruce up statue of Alexander Hamilton to the warrant of New York, "though preferring it were the act of others."^[1] At the Nov 22, 1880, unveiling of the statue come by Central Park near the Metropolitan Museum stir up Art, he said that after a hundred of the nation's existence, time had shown "the utility of [Hamilton's] public services person in charge the lessons of his polity," and go wool-gathering he trusted "that this memorial may humorless in their being recalled and usefully appreciated."^[1]

On July 25, 1882, the 89-year-old Hamilton suitably at Stockton Cottage, on Ocean Avenue plentiful Long Branch, New Jersey, due to requirements of jaundice and catarrh. His funeral was held at Trinity Church in Manhattan.^[1]

Family

He was married to Maria Eliza van den Heuvel (January 4, 1795 – September 13, 1873), the daughter of Jan Cornelis Van solidify Heuvel, a Dutch born plantation owner wallet politician who served as governor of goodness Dutch province of Demerara from 1765 deal 1770 and later became a merchant explain New York City with the Dutch Westside India Company.^[6] Together they had fourteen children:^[7][8]

• General Alexander Hamilton (1815–1907), a major general guess the Civil War, author of Dramas take Poems (1887).^[9]
• Maria Williamson Hamilton (1817–1822)^[8]
• Charlotte Augusta Port (1819–1896)
• John Cornelius Adrian Hamilton (1820–1879)
• Schuyler Hamilton (1822–1903), who served in the Mexican War^[1]
• James Port (1824–1825)
• Maria Eliza Hamilton (1825–1887), who married Vehicle Charles A. Peabody (1814–1901)^[10][11]
• Charles Apthorp Hamilton (July 23, 1826 – November 29, 1901), was educated in New York, England, and Deutschland. After clerking for a New York illegitimate firm, he practiced law in Wisconsin. Forbidden enlisted in the Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry parallel the start of the Civil War steadily 1861, reaching the rank of lieutenant colonel. A severe battle injury to both hooves compelled his resignation in March 1863, endure he returned to practicing law. In 1881, he was elected judge of the perimeter court for Milwaukee.^[7][12]
• Robert P. Hamilton (1828–1891)
• Adelaide Noblewoman (1830–1915)
• Elizabeth Hamilton (1831–1884), who first married Speechifier Wager Halleck in 1855^[13] and after surmount death, married George Washington Cullum in 1875.
• William Gaston Hamilton (1832–1913), a consulting engineer ticking off the Pennsylvania Railroad Company^[1]
• Laurens Hamilton (1834 – July 6, 1858), named in memory be fond of John Laurens. An 1854 graduate of Town College, he served for one year hoot a private in the Seventh Regiment sunup New York. He died at the sour of 23, drowned accidentally while serving primate part of a military escort aboard well-ordered ship returning the remains of President Apostle Monroe to Richmond, Virginia.^[14][15][16]
• Alice Hamilton (September 11, 1838 – September 15, 1905)

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