Morgan C. Hamilton
(February 25, 1809 — November 21, 1893) Hamilton was a businessman and politician. Morgan Calvin Hamilton was born in Madison County, Alabama and moved to Texas in 1837. While in Texas, Hamilton owned a store in Austin and worked as a clerk in the War Department of Texas from 1839 to 1845. He further served as Secretary of War and Marine from 1844 to 1845. Hamilton was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy in the Forty-First Congress. He was elected again to the Forty-Second Congress and served from March 31, 1870 to March 3, 1877.
[Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/H000115]
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Texas Delegation - The Civil Rights Act of 1875
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