Alexander Hamilton (March 18, 1851 - February 4, 1916) was a railroad lawyer and businessman, who served as a president of The
Virginia Bar Association
The Virginia Bar Association (VBA) is a voluntary organization of lawyers, judges and law school faculty and students in Virginia, with offices in Richmond, Virginia. Key elements are advocacy, professionalism, service and collegiality. It provi ...
, and as a delegate to the
Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1901-1902.
Biography
Alexander Hamilton was born in
Williamsboro, North Carolina on March 18, 1851. He graduated from the
Virginia Military Institute
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in 1871, and was an assistant professor of Latin and tactics there for two years.
He was married three times, to Mary Stuart Donnan, Kate M. Venable, and Helen Leslie McGill.
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He died at his home in ]Petersburg, Virginia
Petersburg is an independent city (United States), independent city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 33,458. The Bureau of Econ ...
on February 4, 1916, and was buried at Blandford Cemetery
Blandford Cemetery is a historic cemetery located in Petersburg, Virginia. The oldest stone, marking the grave of Richard Yarbrough, reads 1702. It is located adjacent to the People's Memorial Cemetery, a historic African-American cemetery.
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Virginia lawyers
Delegates to Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1901
20th-century American politicians
1851 births
1916 deaths
19th-century American lawyers
Burials at Blandford Cemetery
Virginia Military Institute alumni