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.