Hamilton Harris (May 1, 1820 – December 14, 1900) was an American lawyer and politician from

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Hamilton Harris was born in

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on May 1, 1820. He graduated from

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in 1841. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1845, and practiced in Albany. He married Lucy Moody Rogers (1829–1898). He was a member of the

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(Albany Co., 3rd D.) in

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; and District Attorney of Albany County from 1854 to 1856. He was a member of the

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from 1864 to 1870; and a member of the Board of

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Commissioners from 1865 to 1875. He was a member of the

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(13th D.) from 1876 to 1879, sitting in the 99th, 100th,

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and

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s. In 1885, he was elected a Regent of the

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. He died in Albany on December 14, 1900, and was buried at the

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