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See also:FISH, See also:- HAMILTON
- HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
- HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
- HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
- HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
- HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
- HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
- HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
- HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
- HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
- HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
- HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)
HAMILTON (1808-1893) , See also:American statesman, was See also:born in New See also:York See also:City on the 3rd of See also:August 18o8. His See also:father, See also:Nicholas Fish (1758-1833), served in the American See also:army during the See also:War of American See also:Independence, rising to the See also:rank of See also:lieutenant-See also:colonel. The son graduated at See also:Columbia See also:College in 1827, and in 183o was admitted to the See also:bar, but practised only a See also:short See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time. In 1843–1845 he was a Whig representative in See also:Congress. He was the Whig See also:candidate for lieutenant-See also:governor of New York in 1846, and was defeated by See also:Addison See also:Gardner (Democrat); but when in 1847 Gardner was appointed a See also:judge of the See also:state See also:court of appeals, Fish was elected (See also:November 1847) to See also:complete the See also:term (to See also:January 1849). He was governor of New York state from 1849 to 1851, and was See also:United States senator in 1851-1857, acting with the Republicans during the last See also:part of his term. In 1861–1862 he was associated with See also:John A. See also:Dix, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William M. See also:Evarts, William E. See also:Dodge, A. T. See also:- STEWART, ALEXANDER TURNEY (1803-1876)
- STEWART, BALFOUR (1828-1887)
- STEWART, CHARLES (1778–1869)
- STEWART, DUGALD (1753-1828)
- STEWART, J
- STEWART, JOHN (1749—1822)
- STEWART, JULIUS L
- STEWART, SIR DONALD MARTIN (1824–19o0)
- STEWART, SIR HERBERT (1843—1885)
- STEWART, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1540—c. 1605)
- STEWART, STUART
- STEWART, WILLIAM (c. 1480-c. 1550)
Stewart, John See also:Jacob See also:Astor, and other New York men, on the See also:Union See also:Defence See also:Committee, which (from See also:April 22, 1861, to April 30, 1862) co-operated with the municipal See also:government in the raising and equipping of troops, and disbursed more than a million dollars for the See also:relief of New York See also:volunteers and their families. Fish was secretary of state during See also:President See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
Grant's two ad-ministrations (1869-1877). He conducted the negotiations with See also:Great See also:Britain which resulted in the treaty of the 8th of May 1871, under which (See also:Article 1) the "See also:Alabama claims " were referred to See also:arbitration, and the same disposition (Article 34) was made of the " See also:San Juan Boundary Dispute," concerning the See also:Oregon boundary See also:line. In 1871 Fish presided at the See also:Peace See also:Conference at See also:Washington between See also:Spain and the allied republics of See also:Peru, See also:Chile, See also:Ecuador and See also:Bolivia, which resulted in the formulation (April 12) of a See also:general truce between those countries, to last indefinitely and not to be broken by any one of them without three years' See also:notice given through the United States; and it was chiefly due to his See also:restraint and moderation that a satisfactory See also:settlement of the " Virginius Affair " was reached by the United States and Spain (1873). Fish was See also:vice-president-general of the Society of the See also:Cincinnati from 1848 to 1854, and president-general from 1854 until his See also:death. He died in See also:Garrison, New York, on the 7th of See also:September 1893.
His son, NICHOLAS FIsH (1846-1902), was appointed second secretary of See also:legation at See also:Berlin in 1871, became secretary in 1874, and was See also:charge d'affaires at Berne in 1877–1881, and See also:minister to See also:Belgium in 1882–1886, after which he engaged in banking in New York City.
End of Article: FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)
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