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Morgan Calvin Hamilton
United States Senator from Texas
In office March 31, 1870 – March 3, 1877
Preceded by	John Hemphill
Succeeded by	Richard Coke
Personal details
Born	(1809-02-25)February 25, 1809 Madison County, Alabama, U.S.
Died	November 21, 1893(1893-11-21) (aged 84) San Diego, California, U.S.
Resting place	Oakwood Cemetery
Political party	Republican; Liberal Republican

Morgan Calvin Hamilton (February 25, 1809 – November 21, 1893) was an American merchant, politician from Alabama and Texas, and brother of Andrew Jackson Hamilton. Both men were unusual as Unionists in Texas during the American Civil War. ^[1]

Early life and education

Morgan Calvin Hamilton was born in Madison County, Alabama near Huntsville. His siblings included Andrew Jackson Hamilton.

He moved to Texas when it was still part of Mexico and worked there as a merchant. For six years, 1839–45, he served in the war department of the Republic of Texas, first as clerk and in 1844–45 as secretary of war. He settled in Austin.

One of the few Texan abolitionists, Hamilton fought for Union forces in the Civil War. During Reconstruction, he was elected by the Texas state legislature to the US Senate as a Radical Republican. He is buried in the Oakwood Cemetery in Austin, Texas.

References

External links

• Biographic sketch at U.S. Congress website
• Morgan C. Hamilton from the Handbook of Texas Online

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