William Hamilton | |
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8th Mayor of the City of Flint, Michigan | |
In office 1863–1865 | |
Preceded by | William Paterson |
Succeeded by | William B. McCreery [1] |
17th Mayor of the City of Flint,Michigan | |
In office 1876–1877 | |
Preceded by | Alexander McFarland |
Succeeded by | Edward Hughes Thomson [1] |
3rd Alderman | |
In office 1861–1863 ServingwithSamuel B. Wicks (1861) Edward C. Turner | |
Preceded by | Samuel N. Warren |
Succeeded by | I. N. Eldridge |
Constituency | 2nd Ward,City of Flint,Michigan [2] |
1st Assessor | |
In office 1855–? | |
Preceded by | none |
Succeeded by | ? |
Constituency | 2nd Ward,City of Flint,Michigan [3] |
Personal details | |
Children | Lizzie |
William Hamilton (died January 9,1878) was a Michigan politician that was the ninth and eighteenth mayor of the city of Flint,Michigan serving from 1863 to 1865 and 1876 to 1877. [4]
At the first Flint City elections in 1855,Hamilton was selected as Second Ward Assessor. [3] From 1861 to 1863 for 2 terms,he was City Council Alderman from the 2nd ward. [2] He was elected as the eighth mayor of the City of Flint in 1863 and again in 1864,serving two one-year terms. He was later elected to the office again in 1876. [4]
His daughter,Lizzie,died from consumption on January 9,1878. [5]
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