James Hamilton | |
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| Acting Governor of the Province of Pennsylvania | |
| In office 19 July – 30 August 1773 | |
| President of the Pennsylvania Provincial Council | |
| In office 4 May – 16 October 1771 | |
| Deputy Governor of the Province of Pennsylvania | |
| In office October 1759 – November 1763 | |
| In office 23 November 1748 – 3 October 1754 | |
| Member of the Pennsylvania Provincial Council | |
| In office 1746–1747 | |
| Mayor of Philadelphia | |
| In office 1745–1746 | |
| Member of the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly | |
| In office 1735–1740 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1710 Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania, British America |
| Died | August 14, 1783 (aged 72–73) New York City, Province of New York, British America |
| Occupation | Lawyer, politician |
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James Hamilton (1710 – August 14, 1783), son of the British-born lawyer Andrew Hamilton who was active in the Thirteen Colonies, was also a lawyer and governmental figure in colonial Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. He served two terms as deputy governor of the Province of Pennsylvania from 1748 to 1754 and from 1759 to 1763. From 1745 to 1747, he was the mayor of Philadelphia[1]
- ^ Armor, William C., Lives of the Governors of Pennsylvania, With the Incidental History of the State, from 1609 to 1872, Philadelphia, J.K. Simon (1873)