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West Point (New York, United States) (search for this): entry hamer-thomas-lewis
Hamer, Thomas Lewis 1800- Military officer; born in Pennsylvania about 1800; was admitted to the bar of Ohio in 1821; elected to the Ohio legislature; to Congress in 1833. It was he who nominated Ulysses S. Grant for a cadetship at West Point. During the Mexican War he reached the rank of brigadier-general of volunteers; was wounded at the battle of Monterey, and died there Dec. 2, 1846. Hamilton, Alexander
Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry hamer-thomas-lewis
Hamer, Thomas Lewis 1800- Military officer; born in Pennsylvania about 1800; was admitted to the bar of Ohio in 1821; elected to the Ohio legislature; to Congress in 1833. It was he who nominated Ulysses S. Grant for a cadetship at West Point. During the Mexican War he reached the rank of brigadier-general of volunteers; was wounded at the battle of Monterey, and died there Dec. 2, 1846. Hamilton, Alexander
Ohio (Ohio, United States) (search for this): entry hamer-thomas-lewis
Hamer, Thomas Lewis 1800- Military officer; born in Pennsylvania about 1800; was admitted to the bar of Ohio in 1821; elected to the Ohio legislature; to Congress in 1833. It was he who nominated Ulysses S. Grant for a cadetship at West Point. During the Mexican War he reached the rank of brigadier-general of volunteers; was wounded at the battle of Monterey, and died there Dec. 2, 1846. Hamilton, Alexander
Alexander Hamilton (search for this): entry hamer-thomas-lewis
Hamer, Thomas Lewis 1800- Military officer; born in Pennsylvania about 1800; was admitted to the bar of Ohio in 1821; elected to the Ohio legislature; to Congress in 1833. It was he who nominated Ulysses S. Grant for a cadetship at West Point. During the Mexican War he reached the rank of brigadier-general of volunteers; was wounded at the battle of Monterey, and died there Dec. 2, 1846. Hamilton, Alexander
Thomas Lewis Hamer (search for this): entry hamer-thomas-lewis
Hamer, Thomas Lewis 1800- Military officer; born in Pennsylvania about 1800; was admitted to the bar of Ohio in 1821; elected to the Ohio legislature; to Congress in 1833. It was he who nominated Ulysses S. Grant for a cadetship at West Point. During the Mexican War he reached the rank of brigadier-general of volunteers; was wounded at the battle of Monterey, and died there Dec. 2, 1846. Hamilton, Alexander
Ulysses Simpson Grant (search for this): entry hamer-thomas-lewis
Hamer, Thomas Lewis 1800- Military officer; born in Pennsylvania about 1800; was admitted to the bar of Ohio in 1821; elected to the Ohio legislature; to Congress in 1833. It was he who nominated Ulysses S. Grant for a cadetship at West Point. During the Mexican War he reached the rank of brigadier-general of volunteers; was wounded at the battle of Monterey, and died there Dec. 2, 1846. Hamilton, Alexander
John Matthew Alexander (search for this): entry hamer-thomas-lewis
Hamer, Thomas Lewis 1800- Military officer; born in Pennsylvania about 1800; was admitted to the bar of Ohio in 1821; elected to the Ohio legislature; to Congress in 1833. It was he who nominated Ulysses S. Grant for a cadetship at West Point. During the Mexican War he reached the rank of brigadier-general of volunteers; was wounded at the battle of Monterey, and died there Dec. 2, 1846. Hamilton, Alexander
1833 AD (search for this): entry hamer-thomas-lewis
Hamer, Thomas Lewis 1800- Military officer; born in Pennsylvania about 1800; was admitted to the bar of Ohio in 1821; elected to the Ohio legislature; to Congress in 1833. It was he who nominated Ulysses S. Grant for a cadetship at West Point. During the Mexican War he reached the rank of brigadier-general of volunteers; was wounded at the battle of Monterey, and died there Dec. 2, 1846. Hamilton, Alexander
December 2nd, 1846 AD (search for this): entry hamer-thomas-lewis
Hamer, Thomas Lewis 1800- Military officer; born in Pennsylvania about 1800; was admitted to the bar of Ohio in 1821; elected to the Ohio legislature; to Congress in 1833. It was he who nominated Ulysses S. Grant for a cadetship at West Point. During the Mexican War he reached the rank of brigadier-general of volunteers; was wounded at the battle of Monterey, and died there Dec. 2, 1846. Hamilton, Alexander
1821 AD (search for this): entry hamer-thomas-lewis
Hamer, Thomas Lewis 1800- Military officer; born in Pennsylvania about 1800; was admitted to the bar of Ohio in 1821; elected to the Ohio legislature; to Congress in 1833. It was he who nominated Ulysses S. Grant for a cadetship at West Point. During the Mexican War he reached the rank of brigadier-general of volunteers; was wounded at the battle of Monterey, and died there Dec. 2, 1846. Hamilton, Alexander
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