James E. Hamilton
{{short description|American politician (1935–2019)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Jim E. Hamilton
| image =
| caption =
| office = President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate
| term_start = 1973
| term_end = 1975
| predecessor = Finis Smith
| successor = Gene C. Howard
| office2 = Member of the Oklahoma Senate for the 4th district
| term_start2 = 1967
| term_end2 = 1976
| predecessor2 = Clem Hamilton
| successor2 = Joe Johnson
| constituency2 =
| office3 = Member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives for the 3rd district
| term_start3 = 1984
| term_end3 = 1998
| predecessor3 = Mick Thompson
| successor3 = Kenneth Corn
| constituency3 =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1935|12|2}}
| birth_place = Howe, Oklahoma, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date|2019|1|10}} (aged 83)
| death_place = Rogers, Arkansas, U.S.
| spouse = Nancy Jo Livesay
| party = Democratic
| residence =
}}
James E. Hamilton (December 2, 1935 – January 10, 2019) was an American politician in the state of Oklahoma.
Biography
Hamilton was born in 1935 in Howe, Oklahoma. He attended Oklahoma State University and the University of Oklahoma and holds a Juris Doctor. He is an attorney. Hamilton is married to Nancy Jo Livesay; with her he has two children.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kswqAQAAMAAJ&q=%22December+2%2C+1935%22|title = Oklahoma Almanac|year = 1995| publisher=Oklahoma Department of Libraries | isbn=9781880438022 }}
James Hamilton was elected to the Oklahoma State Senate as a Democrat for the 4th district in a 1967 special election to fill the seat that was held by his father, Clem Hamilton, who died on May 30, 1967.{{Cite web |url=http://www.oksenate.gov/senators/historic_members/state_senate_historical.PDF |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-11-14 |archive-date=2019-11-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191121154353/http://www.oksenate.gov/senators/historic_members/state_senate_historical.PDF |url-status=dead }} He served until 1976; during his time in the state senate he served a stint as president pro tempore from 1973 to 1975. Hamilton returned to the legislature in 1984 when he was elected to serve in the Oklahoma House of Representatives' 3rd district, which he served until 1998.
The Oklahoma Department of Corrections' Jim E. Hamilton Correctional Center is named after him.http://www.ok.gov/doc/documents/jehcc.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708113403/https://www.ok.gov/doc/documents/jehcc.pdf |date=2017-07-08 }} {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}
Hamilton died January 10, 2019, at the age of 83.{{Cite web |last=Deaton |first=David |date=2019-01-11 |title=James Edward “Jim” Hamilton Obituary - OKW News |url=https://okwnews.com/news/obituaries/james-edward-jim-hamilton-obituary/ |access-date=2025-04-10 |language=en-US}}
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Category:People from Le Flore County, Oklahoma
Category:Democratic Party members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives
Category:Democratic Party Oklahoma state senators
Category:Oklahoma State University alumni
Category:20th-century members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives