Hamilton, James Whitelaw, 1860-1932

James Robert Hamilton was District Court judge of Travis and Williamson counties, Tex.; Democratic Party executive committee chair; and congressional candidate in 1926.

James Robert Hamilton, born 24 February 1860 in Franklin County, Tenn., moved to Williamson County, Tex., with his widowed mother, Mrs. S. A. Hamilton, in 1874 when she brought her three children there. He was graduated from Southwestern University of Georgetown in 1883 and the University of Texas Law School in 1885.

Hamilton served for ten years as district attorney and fourteen years as district judge of criminal court for Travis and Williamson counties, Tex. Hamilton served as city recorder at Austin, county judge, and chair of the executive committee of the Democratic Party of Travis County. He was a candidate for Congress in the primary election of 1926. He lived most of his life in Austin, Tex., and died there on 5 April 1933.