William H. Hampton
{{Short description|American lawyer and politician (1893–1957)}}
{{infobox officeholder
|name=William H. Hampton
|office=Member of the New York State Senate from the 36th district
|term_start=January 1, 1935
|term_end=December 31, 1944
|predecessor=Michael J. Kernan
|successor=Gilbert T. Seelye
|birth_date={{birth date text|1893}}
|birth_place=Scotland
|death_date={{death date and age|1957|2|27|1893}}
|death_place=Utica, New York, U.S.
|nationality=American
|spouse={{marriage|Esther Kolpien|1923}}
|children=2
|parents=Edward Mackie Hampton
Agnes Hately
|alma_mater=Syracuse University College of Law
|profession=Politician, lawyer
|allegiance=United States
|branch=United States Army
|rank=Lieutenant
|battles=World War II
}}
William H. Hampton (1893 – February 27, 1957) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Life
He was born in 1893 in Scotland,[http://www.loadsofpeople.co.uk/ef_6595.html#9 "William Hampton"] at Loads of People the son of Edward Mackie Hampton (1862–1934) and Agnes (Hately) Hampton (1866–1961). He graduated from Gouverneur High School, in Gouverneur, New York, in 1913; and from Syracuse University College of Law in 1916.[https://books.google.com/books?id=lI5LAAAAYAAJ&q=mackie Who's Who in New York City and State] (Vol. 10, 1938; pg. 477) During World War I, he served with the 301st Engineers of the U.S. Army, and finished the war as a lieutenant.
After the war, he practiced law in Utica, and was a Justice of the Peace. On September 4, 1923, he married Esther Kolpien,[http://news.nnyln.net/gouverneur-newspapers/gouverneur-press-1922-july-1925-march/gouverneur-press-1922-july-1925-march%20-%200440.pdf DUNKIRK GIRL IS THE BRIDE OF WM. H. HAMPTON] in the Gouverneur Free Press, of Gouverneur, on September 12, 1923 and they had two sons. He was a U.S. Commissioner for the Northern District of New York from 1927 to 1934.
Hampton was a member of the New York State Senate (36th D.) from 1935 to 1944, sitting in the 158th, 159th, 160th, 161st, 162nd, 163rd and 164th New York State Legislatures.[https://books.google.com/books?id=ncUGAQAAIAAJ&q=red+book+william+h+hampton+engineers New York Red Book] (1943; pg. 64)
He died on February 27, 1957, in Faxton Hospital in Utica, New York, after a heart attack.[http://www.fultonhistory.com/Process%20small/Newspapers/Utica%20NY%20Daily%20Press/Utica%20NY%20Daily%20Press%201957%20pdf/Utica%20NY%20Daily%20Press%201957%20-%201140.pdf William H. Hampton Dies] in the Daily Press, of Utica, on February 28, 1957
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Category:Republican Party New York (state) state senators
Category:Politicians from Utica, New York
Category:Syracuse University College of Law alumni
Category:British emigrants to the United States
Category:United States Army officers
Category:People from Gouverneur, New York
Category:20th-century American judges
Category:20th-century members of the New York State Legislature
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