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James Hamilton (1710 – August 14, 1783), son of the American lawyer Andrew Hamilton, was a lawyer and governmental figure in colonial Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. He served two terms as deputy governor of the Province of Pennsylvania from 1748 to 1754 and from 1759 to 1763.
After succeeding his father as prothonotary of Pennsylvania’s supreme court in 1733, James Hamilton remained politically active in Pennsylvania for many years. At the local level, Hamilton served as an alderman and as mayor of Philadelphia.
James Hamilton, son of the well-known Philadelphia lawyer Andrew Hamilton, was a prominent lawyer and governmental figure in colonial Philadelphia and Pennsylvania.
James Hamilton (1710 – 14 August 1783), son of the well-known American lawyer Andrew Hamilton, was a prominent lawyer and governmental figure in colonial Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. He served as Deputy Governor of the Province from 1748 to 1754, and again from 1759 to 1763.
James Hamilton was an American lawyer and politician. He served as mayor of Philadelphia for one year from October 1745.
James Hamilton was an American lawyer and politician. He served in the lower house of the state legislature from 1819 to 1822 and represented South Carolina in the U. S. Congress from 1822 to 1829. In 1830 he became governor of South Carolina.
He was a member of the Supreme Executive Council from November 18, 1786, to November 25, 1789; and a delegate to the Pennsylvania convention to ratify the federal constitution in 1787, but his name was not signed to the ratification.
