Patrick Hamill
Patrick Hamill (April 28, 1817 – January 15, 1895) was a U.S. Congressman from the fourth district of Maryland, serving one term from 1869 to 1871.
Biography
[edit]Hamill attended the common schools in Westernport, Maryland, and engaged in the real estate business and mercantile pursuits and was collector of taxes in 1841 and 1842. He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates in 1843 and 1844 and was a judge of the orphans’ court of Allegany County, Maryland, from 1854 until 1869 and elected chief judge in 1867. He was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-first Congress, serving from March 4, 1869, until March 3, 1871, but was not a candidate for renomination in 1870. He later engaged in the real estate business until his death in Oakland, Maryland, and is interred in Odd Fellows Cemetery.
References
[edit]- United States Congress. "Patrick Hamill (id: H000100)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
 | This article about a Maryland politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. |
- 1817 births
- 1895 deaths
- Democratic Party members of the Maryland House of Delegates
- Democratic Party United States representatives from Maryland
- People from Westernport, Maryland
- 19th-century Maryland state court judges
- 19th-century United States representatives
- 19th-century members of the Maryland General Assembly
- Maryland politician stubs