James Alphonsus Hamill (March 30, 1877 – December 15, 1941) was an American
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from New Jersey's 10th congressional district from 1907 to 1913 and 12th district from 1913 to 1921.
At the Paris Peace conference of 1919 he served as counsel to the unrecognized Ukrainian delegation.
Early life and education
Hamill was born in
Jersey City, New Jersey
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New York Law School
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in 1899; He was admitted to the bar of the State of New Jersey in 1900. Hamill served for four years in the New Jersey General Assembly (1902-1905), two of them as Minority Leader.
Political career
At the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 he served as counsel to the unrecognized Ukrainian Delegation; He was considered one of the best linguists in Congress, having at his command Greek, Latin, Russian, German and French and was decorated as a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor for his work in French literature. During Eamon de Valera's visit to the United States in 1919, Hamill introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives calling on President Wilson to refuse to receive Auckland Geddes as Ambassador of both Britain and Ireland, but to receive Dr, Patrick McCartan, who had been sent by the Provisional government of Ireland as the Irish ambassador.Dave Hannigan, De Valera in America, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, 2008
Hamill represented Mayor Frank Hague in the free speech case which was instituted in July 1938 by the C.I.O. and the American Civil Liberties Union. He also led Jersey City's fight to recover $14,000,000 in taxes from the railroads.
He was married to the former Mary Josephine Mylotte. They had six children.
Death
Hamill died in 1941 and is interred in
Holy Name Cemetery
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