William Hamilton
8th Mayor of the City of Flint, Michigan
In office 1863–1865
Preceded by	William Paterson
Succeeded by	William B. McCreery[1]
17th Mayor of the City of Flint, Michigan
In office 1876–1877
Preceded by	Alexander McFarland
Succeeded by	Edward Hughes Thomson[1]
3rd Alderman
In office 1861–1863 Serving with Samuel B. Wicks (1861) Edward C. Turner
Preceded by	Samuel N. Warren
Succeeded by	I. N. Eldridge
Constituency	2nd Ward, City of Flint, Michigan[2]
1st Assessor
In office 1855–?
Preceded by	none
Succeeded by	?
Constituency	2nd Ward, City of Flint, Michigan[3]
Personal details
Children	Lizzie

William Hamilton (died January 9, 1878) was a Michigan politician that was the ninth and eighteenth mayor of the city of Flint, Michigan serving from 1863 to 1865 and 1876 to 1877.^[4]

Political life

At the first Flint City elections in 1855, Hamilton was selected as Second Ward Assessor.^[3] From 1861 to 1863 for 2 terms, he was City Council Alderman from the 2nd ward.^[2] He was elected as the eighth mayor of the City of Flint in 1863 and again in 1864, serving two one-year terms. He was later elected to the office again in 1876.^[4]

Post-political life

His daughter, Lizzie, died from consumption on January 9, 1878.^[5]

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