Rod Hamilton
{{short description|American politician}}
{{for|the basketball player and coach|Rodney Hamilton}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Rod Hamilton
| image=
| state_house=Minnesota
| district=22B
| term_start=January 4, 2005
| term_end=
| preceded=Elaine Harder
| succeeded=
| party=Republican
| birth_date={{birth date and age|1968|3|25}}
| birth_place=Humboldt, Iowa, U.S.
| death_date=
| death_place=
| alma_mater=
| occupation=Pork producer, legislator
| spouse=Lynee
| children=2
| residence=Mountain Lake, Minnesota, U.S.
}}
Rodney W. "Rod" Hamilton (born March 25, 1968) is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represented District 22B, which includes all or portions of Cottonwood, Jackson, Nobles and Redwood counties in the southwestern part of the state. He is also a local pork producer.{{cite web | url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=12264 | title=Hamilton, Rod | publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library | work=Legislators Past & Present | access-date=March 27, 2013}}
Early life, education, and career
Hamilton graduated from Humboldt High School in Humboldt, Iowa. He is a former president of the [http://www.mnpork.com/ Minnesota Pork Producers].{{cite web | url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/38507/rod-hamilton#.UVO1B1eRfc8 | title=Representative Rod Hamilton's Biography | work=Project Vote Smart | access-date=March 27, 2013}}
Minnesota House of Representatives
Hamilton was first elected to the House in 2004, and was re-elected in 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018.{{cite web | url=http://www.dglobe.com/event/article/id/42582/group/News/ | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730104722/http://www.dglobe.com/event/article/id/42582/group/News/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=July 30, 2012 | title=Magnus takes Senate seat | work=Worthington Daily Globe | date=November 3, 2010 | access-date=March 27, 2013 }} He was a minority whip during the 2009 legislative session, and was an assistant minority leader during the 2010 session.
On November 17, 2010, incoming Republican Speaker of the House Kurt Zellers announced that Hamilton would serve as chairman of the House Agriculture Committee during the 2011–2012 biennium.{{cite web | url=http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/298804/group/News/ | title=Ag chairman brings experience | work=INFORUM | date=November 18, 2010 | access-date=March 27, 2013}}{{cite web | url=http://www.dglobe.com/event/article/id/43098/group/News/ | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730124448/http://www.dglobe.com/event/article/id/43098/group/News/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=July 30, 2012 | title=Local legislators Magnus, Hamilton named ag committee chairmen | work=Worthington Daily Globe | date=November 17, 2010 | access-date=March 27, 2013 | author=Davis, Don }} On November 30, 2010, he was named majority whip by his House Republican colleagues.{{cite web | url=http://www.dglobe.com/event/article/id/43585/ | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130121124851/http://www.dglobe.com/event/article/id/43585/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 21, 2013 | title=Hamilton: House Majority Whip | work=Worthington Daily Globe | date=December 2, 2010 | access-date=March 27, 2013 }}{{cite web | url=http://www.minnpost.com/political-agenda/2010/12/gop-names-more-house-leaders-hamilton-majority-whip | title=GOP names more House leaders; Hamilton is majority whip | work=MinnPost | date=December 2, 2010 | access-date=March 27, 2013 | author=Kimball, Joe}}
In 2014, he was again elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives. Rep. Rod Hamilton, R-Mountain Lake, will chair the House Agriculture Finance Committee.
References
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External links
{{MN-legdb|12264}}
- [http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/members.asp?id=12264 Rep. Rod Hamilton] official Minnesota House of Representatives website
- [http://minnesota.publicradio.org/projects/ongoing/votetracker/legislator_view.php?id=122 Minnesota Public Radio Votetracker: Rep. Rod Hamilton]
- [http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=38507 Project Votesmart - Rep. Rod Hamilton Profile]
- [http://www.rodhamilton.org/ Rep. Rod Hamilton] official campaign website
- [http://www.agrinews.com/news/minnesota_news/rural-republicans-to-chair-agriculture-committees/article_94532adc-2dad-5b5e-929b-c1dd2d6a8bed.html]
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Category:People from Mountain Lake, Minnesota
Category:Republican Party members of the Minnesota House of Representatives