Leverne Hamilton was born August 5, 1889 in Riverdale, Nebraska. He graduated from Carney High School about 1908 and moved to Musselshell in 1912 where he took up a homestead. He studied law via correspondence course for three years, while maintaining the family homestead and operated the Musselshell Advocate newspaper for a number of years. He served one term (1931-1932) as a Democratic representative for Musselshell County in the Montana legislature. He moved his family to Roundup, Mont. in 1938 where he became active in the coal miners' union. The Hamiltons moved to Missoula in 1942, where Leverne worked construction and for the Bureau of Reclamation. The family moved to the Thompson Falls area in the 1950s, where Hamilton operated a ranch and worked construction to supplement the family income. He moved back to Missoula in 1958 and retired but he remained active in Montana labor affairs, serving the Montana AFL-CIO and Missoula County Central Trades and Labor Council in various capacities, including writing articles and conducting radio programs. Leverne Hamilton married Mollie Adolph Hamilton in June 1918. Mollie was born November 3, 1888 in Scartov, Russia. They had four children Bruce, Frances, Flora, and Keith. Mrs. Hamilton sustained the family while her husband was on the road campaigning. Mollie died on June 28, 1961 from injuries sustained in a pedestrian-automobile accident. Leverne died five years later on December 15, 1966 in Missoula.
From the description of Leverne Hamilton Papers 1958-1964. (Montana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 631323494
