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Hamilton Fish

Governor of New York/U.S. Secretary of State

Centurion, 1857–1860s

Born 3 August 1808 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Died 7 September 1893 in Garrison, New York

Buried Saint Philip’s Church Cemetery, Garrison, New York

Proposed by Henry L. Pierson

Elected 7 June 1857 at age forty-eight

Archivist’s Note: Father of Nicholas Fish. He likely resigned or was dropped from the rolls between 1860 and 1864.