What is Henry DeWitt Hamilton?
{{Infobox officeholder| name =Henry DeWitt Hamilton | image =Henry DeWitt Hamilton in 1917.jpg | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1863|2|26}} | birth_place =[[White Hall, Illinois]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1942|8|18|1863|2|26}} | death_place =[[Barrington, Rhode Island]] | death_cause = | appointed =[[William Sulzer]] | office =Adjutant General of the New York State Militia | education =[[Shurtleff College]]<br>[[Columbia University]] | occupation = | spouse =Ada Estelle Brown | partner = | children = | parents =Edwin Benjamin Brown Hamilton<br> Mary Ann Hildred Chandler | resting_place= [[Arlington National Cemetery]]| term_start =1912 | term_end =1914 }} '''Henry DeWitt Hamilton''' (February 26, 1863 - August 18, 1942) was the [[Adjutant General]] of the [[New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs|New York State Militia]] starting in 1912. ==Biography== He was born on February 26, 1863 in [[White Hall, Illinois]] to Edwin Benjamin Brown Hamilton (1821-1894) and Mary Ann Hildred Chandler. He attended [[Shurtleff College]] and [[Columbia University]] and was [[admitted to the bar]] in New York in 1884.<ref name=head/> On June 30, 1893 in [[Newark, New Jersey]] he married Ada Estelle Brown.<ref name=obit/> He was the [[Adjutant General]] of the [[New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs|New York State Militia]] starting in 1912.<ref name=head>{{cite news |title=Hamilton To Head N.Y. State Militia. Sulzer, After Conference, Announces He Will Appoint Him Adjutant General |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B04E0DC1E3AE633A25754C0A9649D946396D6CF |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=December 7, 1912 |access-date=2015-09-04 }}</ref> In 1923 he was appointed as the secretary of the [[Rhode Island Democratic Party|Rhode Island Democratic Committee]].<ref name=obit/> He died on August 18, 1942 in [[Barrington, Rhode Island]].<ref name=obit>{{cite news |title=Gen. Hamilton Dies. Political Leader. Secretary Since 1923 of Rhode Island Democratic