Peter J. Hamill

Peter J. Hamill (c. 1885 in New York City – January 13, 1930 in Manhattan, New York City) was an American politician from New York.

Life

He attended the public schools. He entered politics as a Democrat, and was an Inspector of the New York City Bureau of Weights and Measures from 1910 to 1915. He married Matilda Van Axen, and they had two children.

Hamill was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929 and 1930.

He was chosen Minority Leader at the opening of the session on January 1, 1930. On January 6, he underwent an emergency operation for appendicitis, but remained ill in Stuyvesant Polyclinic Hospital in Manhattan for another week, and died there about 20 minutes past midnight on January 13.[1] He was buried at the Holy Cross Cemetery in Brooklyn.

On January 23, 1930, his widow Matilda Van Axen Hamill was appointed as Supervisor of Investigators for the new Crime Prevention Bureau of the New York City Police Department at a salary of $4,500 a year.

Sources

  1. "P. J. Hamill, Leader In Assembly, Dies. Succumbs Only 2 Weeks After Being Named Successor to the Late Maurice Bloch. Had Undergone an Emergency Operation for Appendicitis. Was 44 Years Old.". New York Times. January 13, 1930. Retrieved 2015-01-29. Assemblyman Peter J. Hamill, who was chosen only two weeks ago as minority leader in the New York State Assembly, died in Polyclinic Hospital at 12:20 this morning. He had been ill at the hospital for the past week after undergoing an emergency operation for appendicitis on Jan. 6. ...

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New York Assembly
Preceded by
Al Smith
New York State Assembly
New York County, 2nd District

1916–1917
Succeeded by
Caesar B. F. Barra
Preceded by
John J. Ryan
New York State Assembly
New York County, 1st District

1918–1930
Succeeded by
James J. Dooling
Preceded by
Maurice Bloch
Minority Leader in the New York State Assembly
1930
Succeeded by
Irwin Steingut
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