Cornelius Springer Hamilton (January 2, 1821 – December 22, 1867) was a

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from Ohio.

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, Hamilton attended the common schools and Denison University. He moved with his parents to Union County in 1839, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits with his father. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1845, commencing practice in Marysville, Ohio. He acted as a land appraiser and

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in 1845, after which he served as delegate to the State constitutional convention 1850-1851. He was editor and proprietor of the ''Marysville Tribune'' 1850-1853. He then served as member of the State senate in 1856 and 1857, and was appointed by

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assessor of the eighth congressional district of Ohio in 1862 and served until 1866. Hamilton was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress and served from March 4, 1867, until his death, December 22, 1867. Hamilton was beaten to death by his apparently deranged son, Thomas, with a board while the two fed livestock at the family farm in Marysville. Thomas Hamilton then pursued his mother, younger brother John, and members of the local community with an axe, injuring but not killing anyone else."THE MURDER OF MR. HAMILTON" ''New York Times'' December 26, 1867
/ref> He was interred in Oakdale Cemetery in Marysville.

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