Andrew Jackson Hamilton
Born: January 28, 1815
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
(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
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, 1875Place 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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