| LC control no. | no 98076092 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Ward, Hamilton, 1829-1898 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Jamestown (Va.) Horseheads (N.Y.) Elmira (N.Y.) |
| Birth date | 1829-07-03 |
| Death date | 1898-12-28 |
| Place of birth | Salisbury (N.Y.) |
| Place of death | Wellsville (N.Y.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. House New York (State). Supreme Court |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyers Politicians Legislators |
| Found in | Proceedings before the Assembly Judiciary Committee, 1882: v. 1, t.p. (Ex-Attorney General Hamilton Ward) OCLC, Apr. 1, 1998 (hdg.: Ward, Hamilton, 1829-1898; Ward, Hamilton; usage: Hamilton Ward) Life and speeches of Hamilton Ward, 1829-1898, 1902 (Born July 3, 1829 in Salisbury, N.Y.; grew up in Jamestown, Va.; later lived in Horseheads, N.Y. where we went to school; began to study law in 1850; became active in local politics; became District Attorney in Allegany County in 1856; elected to U.S. Congress in 1865; elected to New York State Attorney General in 1879; and was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1890; died December 28, 1898 in Wellsville, N.Y.) |
| Not found in | New York biogr. dict., c1986; Dict. of Am. biogr., 1928- |
| Associated language | eng |
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