Biography

10/07/1894 - 12/10/1969

HAMILTON, Robert S., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, October 7, 1894 in Manayunk, Philadelphia County, Pa.; sergeant, Company E, 315th Infantry, 79th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, United States Army (1918-1919, World War I); employed, photo-engraving business; gubernatorial appointee, State Athletic Commission (1923-1926); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1933 term and reelected to serve 3 consecutive terms thereafter; resigned from the House, December 26, 1939; elected, city council, Philadelphia (1940-1951); employed, Pennsylvania Inheritance Tax Division, Philadelphia (head, 3 years); died, December 10, 1969 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsyvlania; interred, West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.