Alexander Hamilton (Virginia)

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Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton (March 18, 1851 - February 4, 1916) was a railroad lawyer and businessman, who served as a president of The Virginia Bar Association, and as a delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1901.

Hamilton began life on a plantation in what is now Vance County, North Carolina, before moving up to Virginia with his father in 1858.[1] He graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1871, with an engineering degree, but he never practiced engineering. He became an assistant professor at VMI, while studying law at Washington College, under John White Brockenbrough and John Randolph Tucker, and graduated with a law degree in 1873. He practiced law for a year in Richmond, Virginia, then established himself in Petersburg, Virginia.[2] He lived in Petersburg at what is now called the Ragland Mansion, now a bed and breakfast.[3]

Besides practicing law, Hamilton was an officer or director of several businesses, a member of the board of the Central State hospital, and a member and president of the board of the Virginia Military Institute.[2] He represented Petersburg at the Constitutional Convention.[4] His obituary in The New York Times noted his position as Vice-President and General Counsel of the Atlantic Coast Line.[5]

Hamilton was a charter member of The Virginia State Bar Association in 1890,[6] and served as its president for 1903-1904.[7]

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ Baskervill, Patrick Hamilton (1916). The Hamiltons of Burnside, North Carolina. W.E. Jones' Sons Inc. (accessed via Google Books). 
  2. ^ a b Tyler, ed., Lyon Gardiner (1907). Men of Mark in Virginia: Ideals of American Life, v.2. Men of Mark Pub. Co. (accessed via Google Books). 
  3. ^ The Ragland Mansion Petersburg, VA, Bed and Breakfast. The Ragland Mansion. Retrieved on April 10, 2008.
  4. ^ Brenaman, Jacob (1902). A History of Virginia Conventions. J.L. Hill Printing Co.(accessed via Google Books). 
  5. ^ ALEXANDER HAMILTON DIES.; Vice President and General Counsel of the Atlantic Coast Line. The New York Times, February 5, 1916. Retrieved on April 10, 2008.
  6. ^ Charter of the Virginia State Bar Association, Acts of Assembly 1889-1890, c. 376, published in Report of the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Virginia State Bar Association (1893) (available on Google Books)
  7. ^ VBA History and Heritage. The Virginia Bar Association. Retrieved on April 10, 2008.


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NAME Hamilton, Alexander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION lawyer, businessman, delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1901
DATE OF BIRTH 1851-03-18
PLACE OF BIRTH Vance County, North Carolina
DATE OF DEATH 1916-02-04
PLACE OF DEATH Petersburg, Virginia