Hamilton Fish

1808–1893

Governor of New York; U.S. Secretary of State; U.S. Senator

Biography

Descendant of the Livingston family through multiple lines. Governor of New York (1849–1850), U.S. Senator from New York, and U.S. Secretary of State (1869–1877) under President Ulysses S. Grant. One of the most prominent 19th-century American statesmen.

Family Connections

Parents

Col. Nicholas Fish (1758–1833)Elizabeth Stuyvesant Fish (1775–1854)

Spouse

Julia Kean Fish (1816–1887)

Children

Hamilton Fish II (1849–1936)Stuyvesant Fish (1851–1923)