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Hamilton Fish
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As Secretary of State
One of the Commissioners of the United States who negotiated the Treaty of Washington of 1871 with Great Britain for the settlement of American claims against Spain
Signed the reciprocity treaty of 1875 with Hawaii
Foreign Travels
Government Positions
Representative from New York 1843-1845
Lieutenant Governor of New York in 1848
Governor of New York 1849-1850
Senator from New York 1851-1857
Notable Events
President general of the Society of the Cinncinnati 1854-1893
During the Civil War, was one of a Board of Commissioners of the Federal Government for the relief and exchange of prisoners
Was presidenet of the New York Historical Society 1867-1869