William S. Hamilton

William S. Hamilton
Representative to the Legislative Assembly of the Wisconsin Territory from Iowa County
In office
December 5, 1842 – December 4, 1843
Serving with Robert M. Long and Moses Meeker
Preceded byThomas Jenkins, David Newland, Ephraim F. Ogden, and Daniel M. Parkison
Succeeded byGeorge Messersmith, Robert M. Long, and Moses Meeker
Member of the Illinois House of Representatives
from the Sangamon County district
In office
November 15, 1824 – December 4, 1826
Preceded byStephen Stillman
Succeeded byElijah Iles
Personal details
Born
William Stephen Hamilton

August 4, 1797
Albany, New York, U.S.
DiedOctober 9, 1850(1850-10-09) (aged 53)
Sacramento, California, U.S.
Cause of deathCholera
Resting placeSacramento City Cemetery, Sacramento, California
Parents
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/serviceIllinois Militia
Years of service1827, 1832
RankColonel
CommandsGalena Mounted Volunteers, various U.S. aligned indigenous bands
Battles/warsWinnebago War, Black Hawk War

William Stephen Hamilton (August 4, 1797 – October 9, 1850), a son of Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, was an American politician and miner who lived much of his life in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Wisconsin Territory. Hamilton was born in New York, where he attended the United States Military Academy before he resigned and moved to Illinois in 1817. In Illinois, he lived in Springfield and Peoria and eventually migrated to the lead-mining region of southern Wisconsin and established Hamilton's Diggings at present-day Wiota, Wisconsin. Hamilton served in various political offices and as a commander in two Midwest Indian Wars. In 1849, he moved to California during the California Gold Rush. He died in Sacramento, most likely of cholera, in October 1850.