James Kent Hamilton was

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mayor of

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, United States 1887–1891.

Biography

James Kent Hamilton was born in

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, Erie County,

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, May 17, 1839. He was the son of Thomas and Sarah O. (Standart) Hamilton. His father was a merchant and shipper, and served as a

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in the

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. James graduated from Milan schools, and from

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in 1859. He studied law in

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, and

, and was

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in 1862. He served as a

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in the

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until the end of the

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. Hamilton resumed the practice of law in Toledo after the war, and was prosecuting attorney of Lucas County in 1869. He was elected mayor of Toledo in 1887 and 1889, serving four years. Hamilton was married October 13, 1876 to Sibyl Williams, who died in 1877. He married July 27, 1898 to Ethel B. Allen. He was a member of the

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Church. Hamilton died December 29, 1918, in Toledo.

References

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