Talk:Hamilton Fish

Albert Fish, not related, included among descendants
Albert Fish, a serial killer noted for his fascination with obscenity and his cannibalism, is not a descendant of Hamilton Fish and should never be included among his descendants.

While any halfway descent biographical account of Albert Fish lists his father as Randall Fish originally of Kennebec, Maine, a full consideration of his ancestry may be found at http://www.wargs.com/other/fish.html. Quissett (talk) 17:37, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Photos
These are comparative photos of Hamilton Fish. Cmguy777 (talk) 20:12, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Other involvments
Moved to talk page possibly to be incorporated into the article. Cmguy777 (talk) 16:57, 23 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Vice-president general of the Society of the Cincinnati from 1848 to 1854, president general from 1854 until his death
 * Appointed by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln as one of the board of commissioners for the relief and exchange of Union prisoners of war in the South
 * President of the New York Historical Society from 1867 to 1869
 * Served as a trustee of Columbia University for 53 years (1840–1849, 1851–1893), and as chairman of the board of trustees from 1859 until his death in 1893
 * Served as president of the Union League Club from 1879 to 1881.
 * Acted as a trustee of both the Lenox Library and the Astor Library, which were later shaped into the New York Public Library

Unsourced material
Removed unsourced material. Cmguy777 (talk) 20:11, 18 September 2011 (UTC)


 * The Newburgh-Beacon Bridge on I-84 across the Hudson river is named after him.


 * The Hamilton Fish Park Pool on the corners of Pitt St. and E. Houston St. in New York City is named after him.

Notable relatives
I am putting this section into the talk page. Cmguy777 (talk) 17:01, 21 November 2011 (UTC)


 * He had a son, a grandson and a great-grandson (all named Hamilton Fish) serve in the U.S. House of Representatives for New York:


 * Son Hamilton Fish II (1849–1936)
 * Grandson Hamilton Fish III (1888–1991)
 * Great-grandson Hamilton Fish IV (1926–1996)
 * His great-great grandson Hamilton Fish V ran for Congress in 1988 and 1994 (to succeed his retiring father) but lost. With other investors, Hamilton Fish V purchased The Nation out of bankruptcy in 1977, and sold it in 1995, but remains connected to the foundation. He is also an adviser to George Soros.
 * Another son Stuyvesant Fish was an important railroad executive.
 * great-niece Edith Vanderbilt, Wife of George Washington Vanderbilt II, the owner of the Biltmore Estate and mother of Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt
 * Another son, Nicholas Fish II, was a U.S. diplomat, who was appointed second secretary of legation at Berlin in 1871, became secretary in 1874, and was chargé d'affaires at Berne in 1877–1881, and minister to Belgium in 1882–1886, after which he engaged in banking in New York City.
 * Nicholas's son Hamilton Fish, an 1895 graduate of Columbia College of Columbia University, saw service in The Spanish-American War as one of the storied Rough Riders. He was the first member of that regiment to be killed in action, at the Battle of Las Guasimas, Cuba.
 * Nephew Stuyvesant Fish Morris, physician from New York.
 * Grandnephew Hamilton F. Kean, US Senator from New Jersey.
 * Great-grandnephew Thomas Kean, Governor of New Jersey.
 * The infamous child killer, Albert Fish, stated he was a distant relative of Hamilton Fish in an interview with Dr. Fredric Wertham. According to Albert Fish, his birth name was Hamilton Fish, named after President Grant's Secretary of State in 1870. Albert Fish stated he changed his name from Hamilton to Albert, because he was teased as a child. An Albert Fish genealogy by William Addams Reitwiesner stated that Albert Fish's father, Randall Fish, a Potomac Riverboat captain, was born in China, Kennebeck Co., Maine.

New Picture
I've just been sent a picture of a Fish campaign poster which has been up in its original place until now. Is this useful? (see photo PanydThe muffin is not subtle 16:19, 1 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I added another new picture. Bearian (talk) 21:38, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

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Elizabeth Stuyvesant
With respect to Elizabeth Stuyvesant, Hamilton Fish's mother, the article included the line "(a daughter of New Amsterdam's Peter Stuyvesant)" with a link to her ancestor, Peter (Petrus) Stuyvesant (1610-1672), the last Dutch director-general of Dutch New Netherland. Elizabeth's father was also called Peter (Petrus) Stuyvesant (1727–1805) - see entry on Elizabeth Stuyvesant's husband, Nicholas Fish, Hamilton Fish's father. The latter Peter Stuyvesant - Elizabeth's father - was a descendant of the director-general, and presumably the elder Peter's namesake. --J. G. Graubart (talk) 23:23, 19 October 2017 (UTC)