Hamilton Stuyvesant Fish (1888 - 1991)

Born 7 Dec 1888 in Garrison, Philipstown, Putnam, New York, United States

Ancestors

Died 18 Jan 1991 at age 102 in Cold Spring, Philipstown, Putnam, New York, United States

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Biography

Hamilton Fish is Notable.

Hamilton Fish was a centenarian, living to age 102.

Hamilton was born in 1888. He passed away in 1991. ^[1]

Born in Garrison, Putnam County, N.Y., December 7, 1888.

Insurance business; member of New York state assembly from Putnam County, 1914-16; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from New York 26th District, 1920-45; defeated, 1944; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1928, 1932, 1940, 1944; member of New York Republican State Committee, 1936; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 28th District, 1938; derided by Franklin Roosevelt as one of "Martin, Barton, and Fish", three Republican opponents of his New Deal policies. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Society of the Cincinnati; Grange; Farm Bureau. Died of heart failure, in Cold Spring, Putnam County, N.Y., January 18, 1991 (age 102 years, 42 days). Interment at St. Philip's Cemetery, Garrison, N.Y.

Relatives: Son of Hamilton Fish, Jr. (1849-1936); married, September 24, 1921, to Grace Chapin (daughter of Alfred Clark Chapin); married 1967 to Marie Blackton (died 1974); married to Alice Curtis Desmond (widow of Thomas Charles Desmond) and Lydia Ambrogio; father of Hamilton Fish, Jr. (1926-1996); nephew of Nicholas Fish; grandson of Hamilton Fish (1808-1893); grandfather of Hamilton Fish (1951-).

US Congressman. The third of four Hamilton Fishes to serve in Congress, he graduated from Harvard University in 1909. Fish was a Tackle and football team Captain, was a two-time All American, and was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. He became involved in the insurance business, and in 1914 won a New York Assembly seat as a Progressive, serving until 1916. In World War I he was a Captain and company commander in the 369th Infantry, a regiment of African-American soldiers, receiving the Silver Star, Croix de Guerre and Legion of Honor. In 1920 he won as a Republican the special election caused by US Representative Edmund Platt's resignation. He served from November 1920 to January 1945, and his time in Congress was marked by opposition to Franklin Roosevelt. In Roosevelt's 1940 campaign for a third presidential term, he used the habitual opposition of Fish and two other isolationist Congressmen to taunt Republicans that he was running against "Martin, Barton and Fish." Fish supported the war effort after the Pearl Harbor attack. After losing reelection in 1944 he was a frequent public speaker, especially to veterans groups, and authored an autobiography, "Hamilton Fish: Memoir of an American Patriot". ^[2]

Established, 1980, along with his third wife, Alice (Curtis) Desmond, the Desmond-Fish Library, in Garrison, New York.

Sources

• Political Graveyard^[3]; Fish, Hamilton, Jr. (1888-1991)
• Find A Grave Memorial # 340; Saint Philip's Church Cemetery, Garrison NY

See also:

• Wikipedia contributors, "Hamilton Fish III," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hamilton_Fish_III&oldid=1221706359 (accessed May 7, 2024).

Footnotes

1. ↑ Information from Beardsley family researcher Nick Dann, Monday, March 30, 2015.
2. ↑ Biography from Find A Grave, by Bill McKern,
3. ↑ http://politicalgraveyard.com