The New International Encyclopædia/Fish, Hamilton, Jr.

FISH, Hamilton, Jr. (1849—). An American lawyer and politician, born in Albany, N. Y., the son of Hamilton Fish. He was educated at Columbia College, acted as private secretary to his father, and after his graduation at Columbia Law School (1873) was aide de camp to Governor Dix; he was Republican leader in the Assembly in 1890, and its Speaker in 1895. After the death of his wife he lived abroad for several years, and, on his return to this country, at Garrison, N. Y.