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Hamilton Fish III (born Hamilton Stuyvesant Fish and also known as Hamilton Fish Jr.; December 7, 1888 – January 18, 1991) was an American soldier, author, and politician from New York. He represented New York's 26th congressional district in the Hudson Valley region in the United States House of Representatives from 1920 to 1945.
Hamilton Fish III was a Harvard graduate, a politician, a football star, and a World War I veteran who led the 369th Infantry, an all-black unit under French command. He fought in the Battle of Champagne-Marne, survived the German offensive, and later advocated for racial integration in the U.S. Army.
Hamilton Fish (August 3, 1808 – September 7, 1893) was an American politician and statesman who served as the 16th governor of New York from 1849 to 1850, a United States senator from New York from 1851 to 1857, and the 26th U.S. secretary of state from 1869 to 1877.
Combat experience sparked sensitivity to unknown soldiers. Hamilton Fish of Hudson Valley, a WWI combat veteran who led an all-Black New York National Guard unit known as the “Harlem ...
Detailed account of how the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier came to be built, sponsored in Congress by Hamilton Fish III. Contains the story of each of the carefully selected veterans who brought the unknown soldier from France to Arlington.
Hamilton Fish (3 de agosto de 1808-7 de septiembre de 1893) fue un político estadounidense que ejerció como Gobernador de Nueva York, Senador de los Estados Unidos y Secretario de Estado de los Estados Unidos.
3 de mar. de 2021 · New York Army National Guard Maj. Hamilton Fish III, in an undated 1919 photo from World War I. Fish served as commander of Company K, 369th Infantry Regiment, nicknamed the “Harlem Hellfighters,” an all-black unit of the New York National Guard.
