James Hamilton 
James was born on May 8th, 1786 in Charleston, South Carolina. James' father was James Hamilton and his mother is Elizabeth Lynch. His paternal grandparents were William Hamilton and Jean McIlvaine. He had two sisters named Hannah Motte and Elizabeth Lynch. He was the oldest of the three children. He died at the age of 71 on November 15th, 1857 in Gulf of Mexico.General Notes
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James Hamilton, 1786-1857
Political Party: Democrat
Born: May 8, 1786 in Charleston, SC
Education: Studied law in Charleston, SC
Occupations: Major, United States Army; Planter; Lawyer; Politician
Died: November 15, 1857 in the Gulf of Mexico
Major Events and Accomplishments - 1830-1832
The US Congress passed the Tariff of 1832 - 1832 Governor Hamilton presid
ed over the convention that passed the Ordinanceof Nullification - 1832
Other Government Positions: South Carolina House of Representatives - 182
0-1822
US House of Representativ
es - 1822-1829
Governor of South Carolina 1830 - 1832
South Carolina Senate - 1
836
Other Accomplishments, Honors, Distinctions, etc.:
-Hamilton declined an offer from President Andrew Jackson to become U
nited States Secretary of War.
-Hamilton helped found the Southern Quarterly Review.
-The Republic of Texas honored Hamilton with the title "perpetual cit
izen of the Republic of Texas" - 1835
Election Results:
Election - December 9, 1830 Hamilton was elected Governor by the Sou
th Carol ina General Assembly by secret ballot.
Hamilton died in a shipwreck in the Gulf of Mexico - 1857
Source 1: http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000110
HAMILTON, James, Jr., a Representative from South Carolina; born in Charle
ston, S.C., May 8, 1786; completed academic studies; studied law; was admi
tted to the bar and commenced practice in Charleston; served in the W
ar of 1812 as major; mayor of Charleston; member of the State house of rep
resentatives, 1819-1823; elected to the Seventeenth Congress to fill the v
acancy caused by the resignation of William Lowndes; reelected to the Eigh
teenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth Congresses and served from December 1
3, 1822, to March 3, 1829; chairman, Committee on Military Affairs (Eighte
enth through Twentieth Congresses); Governor of South Carolina 1830-183
2; moved to Texas; appointed diplomatic agent of the Republic of Tex
as to France, Great Britain, Belgium and the Netherlands in 1839; was drow
ned on November 15, 1857, while on his way from New Orleans to Galveston.
Source 2: http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/hamilton/bio.html
James Hamilton was born in Charleston, South Carolina, on May 8, 1786, t
he son of Major James and Elizabeth Hamilton. Hamilton studied law in Char
leston and was admitted to the bar in 1810. He served as Secretary to Sou
th Carolina Governor Henry Middleton until the War of 1812, when he volunt
eered to fight.
After the War of 1812, Hamilton became increasingly involved in South Caro
lina politics. He served in the lower house of the state legislature fr
om 1819 to 1822. Hamilton first gained national recognition for his ro
le in the suppression of the Denmark Vesey slave revolt in 1822. He repres
ented South Carolina in the U.S. Congress from 1822 to 1829. While in Wash
ington, D.C., Hamilton was very active in affairs of national governmen
t. He became well known as an advocate of state's rights.
Elected governor of South Carolina in 1830, Hamilton organized the moveme
nt that led to the Nullification Ordinance of 1832. After leaving the gove
rnorship, he served in the South Carolina state senate from 1834 to 1836 a
nd served as a diplomatic agent for the Republic of Texas from 1839 to 184
2. Following a series of business reverses, Hamilton went deeply into de
bt and lost much of his public reputation by the 1850s. He drowned in t
he Gulf of Mexico in 1857.
Source 3: http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/HH/fha35.htm
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HAMILTON, JAMES (1786-1857). James Hamilton, governor of South Carolina a
nd a financial agent of the Republic of Texas, son of James and Elizabe
th (Lynch) Hamilton, was born in Charleston, South Carolina, on May 8, 178
6, and educated in New England. He was a lawyer in Charleston and for seve
ral years served as mayor of that city. He became a member of Congre
ss in 1822 and served until 182
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.1620 in Bangor, County Down, Ireland d.28 Dec 1655 in Ulster, Ireland
- b.~ 1644 in Caenesure, Co Down, Ireland d. in Ireland
- b.1624 in Dunure, Ayrshire, Scotland d. in Ulster, Ireland
- b.< 1693 in Caenesure, Co Down, Ireland d.> 1733 in Lancaster Co, PA
- b.~ 1650 in Ireland d. in Ireland
- b.1720 in Belfast, County Antrim, Ulster, Ireland d.17 Oct 1781 in Leacock Twp, Lancaster Co, PA
- b.16 Sep 1757 in Leacock Twp, Lancaster Co, PA d.26 Nov 1833 in South Carolina
- b.~ 1640 in Grimmet Estate, Ayrshire, Scotland d.~ 1700 in Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.~ 1656 in Grimmet Estate, Ayrshire, Scotland d.07 Sep 1735 in Ballykeel, County Antrim, Ireland
- b.~ 1634 in Kirkoswald, Ayrshire, Scotland d. in Ayrshire, Scotland
- b.14 May 1694 in Ballykeel, County Antrim, Ulster, Ireland d.1754 in Franklin Co, PA
- b.~ 1630 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland d.~ 1690
- b.08 Apr 1660 in Ayrshire, Scotland d.~ 1730 in County Antrim, Ireland
- b.~ 1630 in Glasgow, Lanarkshires, Scotland d.~ 1690
- b.1719 in County Antrim, Ulster, Ireland d.03 Nov 1808 in Leacock Twp, Lancaster Co, PA
- b.~ 1670
- b.~ 1695 in Ulster, Ireland d.1760 in Franklin Co, PA
- b.< 1675
- b.08 May 1786 in Charleston, South Carolina d.15 Nov 1857 in Gulf of Mexico
- b.~ 1760 in South Carolina
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They had a daughter named Elizabeth Heyward.
Family Notes
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