★  Hamilton, Andrew J.

Andrew Jackson Hamilton

Born: January 28, 1815
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Birthplace: Huntsville, Alabama

Father: Colonel James Calvin Hamilton 1783 – Unknown
(Buried: Shiloh Cemetery, Leeds, Alabama)​

Mother: Jane Bayles 1785 – 1820
(Buried: Shiloh Cemetery, Leeds, Alabama)​

Wife: Mary Jane Bowen 1828 – 1916
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Texas)​

Children:

Baby Hamilton – 1860​
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Texas)​
Mary Hamilton Mills 1845 – 1932​
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Texas)​
Frank Hamilton 1846 – 1896​
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Texas)​
John Hamilton 1848 – 1867
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(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Texas)​
Elizabeth Hamilton Woodburn 1850 – 1940​
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Texas)​
Lillie Hamilton Maloney 1856 – 1934​
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Texas)​
Kate Hamilton 1858 – 1862​
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Texas)​
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Talladega, Alabama​
Attorney in LaGrange, Texas​
1850: Texas State Attorney General​
1850 – 1853: Texas State Representative​
1859 – 1861: U.S. Congressman from Texas​
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Civil War Career:
1862: Fled to Mexico with pro unionist Texans​
1862: Speaker in New York and Boston, Massachusetts​
1862 – 1865: Brigadier General and Military Governor of Texas​
1863: Tried to capture Southern Texas from the Confederates​
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1866: Governor of Texas​
Ratified the Thirteenth Amendment and Economic Freedom​
1868 – 1869: Member of Texas State Constitution Convention​
Member of the Republican Party National Committee​
1869: Unsuccessful Republican Party Candidate for Governor​
1871: Leader of the Taxpayers Convention​
Died: April 11, 1875

Place of Death: Austin, Texas

Cause of Death: Tuberculosis

Age at time of Death: 60 years old

Burial Place: Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Texas
 
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He may have held the title of Governor of Texas but He was appointed not elected.When he did try for the governorship (1869) in an election he was defeated.The defeat was by Edmund J. Davis.
 
Lincoln named him as brigadier on November 14, 1862 but the Senate failed to confirm him and it expired on March 4, 1863. He was reappointed on September 18, 1863. He never held a field command when confirmed.
 
In his later years Hamilton reversed his views on black suffrage and withdrew his support for it.I'm guessing he was somewhat bitter over his loss to Edmund Davis as governor. Davis won because of the black vote .
 
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