Members of Congress / Hamilton Fish

Biographical Information

FISH, Hamilton, Jr., (son of Hamilton Fish [1888-1991], grandson of Hamilton Fish [1849-1936] and Alfred Clark Chapin, great-grandson of Hamilton Fish [1808-1893], and a descendant of Lewis Morris), a Representative from New York; born in Washington, D.C., June 3, 1926; graduate of Kent School, Kent, Conn.; Harvard College, A.B., 1949; LL.B., New York University School of Law, 1957; attended John F. Kennedy School of Public Administration; admitted to New York bar; United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946; served in Ireland as vice counsel, United States Foreign Service, 1951-1953; attorney for the New York assembly judiciary committee, Albany, N.Y., 1961; delegate, Republican National Convention, 1984; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-first and to the twelve succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1969-January 3, 1995); one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1986 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Harry E. Claiborne, judge of the United States District Court for Nevada; one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1988 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Alcee Lamar Hastings, judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida; not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fourth Congress; died on July 23, 1996, in Washington, D.C.; interment in the cemetery of St. Philip’s Church-in-the-Highlands, Garrison, N.Y. (Source.)

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Roles in Congress

· 103rd Congress: Representative, New York (Dist. 19), Republican. Jan. 3, 1993, to Jan. 3, 1995.
· 102nd Congress: Representative, New York (Dist. 19), Republican. Jan. 3, 1991, to Jan. 3, 1993.

Last Votes

Date	Vote	Position	GOP opinion	DEM opinion
11/29/94	Vote 507: H R 5110: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade	Yes	Yes	Yes
11/29/94	Vote 506: On Approving the Journal	Yes	No	Yes
10/7/94	Vote 505: H RES 579: Providing for the Adoption of H. Res. 578	Not Voting	Yes	Yes
10/7/94	Vote 504: S 1569: Minority Health Improvement Act of 1994	Yes	Yes	Yes
10/7/94	Vote 503: S 455	No	No	No
10/7/94	Vote 502: S 455	No	No	No
10/6/94	Vote 501: H RES 568: Waiving Points of Order Against the Conference Report on S. 21	Not Voting	No	Yes
10/6/94	Vote 500: H J RES 416: Limited Authorization of U.S. Troops in Haiti	Not Voting	No	Yes
10/6/94	Vote 499: H J RES 416	Not Voting	No	No
10/6/94	Vote 498: H J RES 416	Not Voting	No	Yes
10/6/94	Vote 497: H J RES 416	Yes	Yes	No
10/6/94	Vote 496: Call in Committee	Present	Present	Present
10/6/94	Vote 495: H RES 570: Providing for Further Consideration of H.J. Res 416; Limited Authorization of U.S. Troops in Haiti	No	No	Yes
10/6/94	Vote 494: H R 4278: Social Security Act Amendments of 1994	Yes	Yes	Yes
10/6/94	Vote 493: H RES 565: Providing for the Consideration of S. 455	Yes	Yes	Yes
10/5/94	Vote 492: H RES 564: Providing for the Consideration of H.R. 5110, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade	Yes	Yes	Yes
10/5/94	Vote 491: S 1225: U.S. = Mexico Border Health Commission	Yes	No	Yes
10/5/94	Vote 490: S 1919: Rio Puerco Watershed Act 0f 1994	No	No	Yes
10/5/94	Vote 489: H R 4533: National Park Service Entrepreneurial Management Reform Act	No	No	Yes
10/5/94	Vote 488: H R 5139: Postal Service Reemployment	Yes	No	Yes

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