Hamilton Fish Autograph

Hamilton Fish (August 3, 1808 – September 7, 1893) was an American politician who served as the 16th governor of New York from 1849 to 1850, a United States senator from New York from 1851 to 1857, and the 26th U.S. secretary of state from 1869 to 1877. Fish is recognized as the pillar of Ulysses S. Grant's presidency and considered by scholars as one of the nation's most effective U.S. secretaries of state, known for his judiciousness and efforts towards reform and diplomatic moderation. Fish settled the controversial Alabama Claims with the United Kingdom through his development of the concept of international arbitration. Fish and Grant kept the United States out of war with Spain over Cuban independence by coolly handling the volatile Virginius incident. In 1875, Fish initiated the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom that ultimately led to statehood for Hawaii by negotiating a reciprocal trade treaty for the island nation's sugar production. He also organized a peace conference and treaty in Washington, D.C., between South American countries and Spain. Fish worked with James Milton Turner to settle the Liberia-Grebo War in 1876. President Grant said he trusted Fish the most for political advice. More about Hamilton Fish

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Current items with a signature of Hamilton Fish

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Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	16th Governor of NY Hamilton Fish Hand Signed 2.5X4 Card Todd Mueller COA	$149.99
	HAMILTON FISH - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED 05/16/1884	$260.00

Fish came from prominence and wealth. His Dutch American family was long-established in New York City. He attended Columbia College and later passed the New York state bar. Initially working as commissioner of deeds, he ran unsuccessfully for New York State Assembly as a Whig candidate in 1834. After marrying, he returned to politics and was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1843. Fish ran for New York's lieutenant governor in 1846, falling to a Democratic Anti-Rent Party contender. When the office was vacated in 1847, Fish ran and was elected to the position. In 1848, he ran and was elected governor of New York, serving one term. In 1851, he was elected U.S. Senator for New York, serving one term. Fish gained valuable experience serving on Committee on Foreign Relations. Fish was a moderate on the question of maintaining or dissolving slavery; he opposed the Kansas–Nebraska Act and the expansion of slavery.

After traveling to Europe, Fish returned to the United States and supported Abraham Lincoln, the Republican nominee for president in the 1860 U.S. presidential election. During the American Civil War, Fish raised money for the Union war effort and served on Lincoln's presidential commission that made successful arrangements for Union and Confederate troop prisoner exchanges. Fish returned to his law practice after the Civil War, and was thought to have retired from political life. When Ulysses S. Grant was elected president in 1868, he appointed Fish as U.S. secretary of state in 1869. Fish took on the State Department with vigor, reorganized the office, and established civil service reform. During his tenure, Fish had to contend with Cuban belligerency, the settlement of the Alabama claims, Canada–U.S. border disputes, and the Virginius incident. Fish implemented the new concept of international arbitration, where disputes between countries were settled by negotiations, rather than military conflicts. Fish was involved in a political feud between U.S. senator Charles Sumner and President Grant in the latter's unsuccessful efforts to annex the Dominican Republic. Fish organized a naval expedition in an unsuccessful attempt to open trade with Korea in 1871. Leaving office and politics in 1877, Fish returned to private life and continued to serve on various historical associations. Fish died quietly of old age in his luxurious New York State home in 1893. Read even more about Hamilton Fish at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of Hamilton Fish

In total, we tracked 134 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.

The most expensive item with a signature of Hamilton Fish ( PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN / HAMILTON FISH AUTO SIGNED LETTER JSA + PSA MINT 9) was sold in May 2020 for $15000.00 while the cheapest item (CARL VINSON SIGNED 1943 Letter To Hamilton Fish from Naval Affairs Committee) found a new owner for $0.99 in November 2015. The month with the most items sold (4) was October 2017 with an average selling price of $32.47 for an autographed item of Hamilton Fish. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in May 2020 with $14999.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was March 2011. In average, an autographed item from Hamilton Fish is worth $21.50.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Hamilton Fish were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	1891 NY Governor US Secretary of State Hamilton Fish Autograph Letter Signed	$125.00
	1920-45 New York Congressman Hamilton Fish III signed autograph & photo set-RARE	$13.99
	congressional paper weight signed with appreciation Hamilton fish jr	$35.00
	Hamilton Fish Autograph Secretary of State For U.S. Grant Governor of New York	$75.65
	HAMILTON FISH AUTOGRAPHED 2 Page Letter to V.P. Colfax ! Sec. of State! 1869	$49.50
	Hamilton Fish III Autograph: Member Of The College Football Hall Of Fame	$35.00
	HAMILTON FISH Signed Card Sec State under U.S. Grant - New Yorks 16th Governor	$59.95
	Hamilton Fish signed check dated 1887 BAS autographed US Secretary of State	$119.99
	Hamilton FISH, Jr / Autograph Letter Signed	$60.00
	New York State The Battleground of the Revolutionary War by Hamilton Fish SIGNED	$40.00