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Good articleHamilton Fish has been listed as one of the History good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
Article milestones
DateProcessResult
November 26, 2011Good article nomineeListed
On this day...Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on August 3, 2017, and August 3, 2022.

Albert Fish, not related, included among descendants

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Albert Fish, a serial killer noted for his fascination with obscenity and his cannibalism, is not a descendant of Hamilton Fish and should never be included among his descendants.

While any halfway descent biographical account of Albert Fish lists his father as Randall Fish originally of Kennebec, Maine, a full consideration of his ancestry may be found at http://www.wargs.com/other/fish.html . Quissett (talk) 17:37, 29 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Photos

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These are comparative photos of Hamilton Fish. Cmguy777 (talk) 20:12, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Other involvments

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Moved to talk page possibly to be incorporated into the article. Cmguy777 (talk) 16:57, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sources

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Moved sources to talk page for possible further use in article. Cmguy777 (talk) 17:13, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]


  • United States Congress. "Hamilton Fish (id: F000140)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
  • Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Fish, Hamilton" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  • public domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainWilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1891). Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  • Who Was Who in America: Historical Edition, 1607–1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1967.
  • Nevins, Allan (1936). Hamilton Fish: The Inner History of the Grant Administration. Berlin: Dodd. (1937 Pulitzer Prize winner in biography/autobiography category)

Unsourced material

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Removed unsourced material. Cmguy777 (talk) 20:11, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Newburgh-Beacon Bridge on I-84 across the Hudson river is named after him.
The Hamilton Fish Park Pool on the corners of Pitt St. and E. Houston St. in New York City is named after him.

GA Review

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Hamilton Fish/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Astrocog (talk · contribs) 13:19, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Things to fix right away

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  • There are five wikilinks to disambiguation pages in this article. Click on the disambiguation link in the toolbox on the right to see what they are and fix them.  Fixed Cmguy777 (talk) 16:52, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • The article has a nice prose style until the end, with what amounts to a trivia section about Fish's relatives. The important information there needs to be converted into prose and get rid of the bullets. Cut out the non-essential trivia and only leave information about relatives directly related to this article.  Fixed Cmguy777 (talk) 18:03, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

Quite a good article overall. Just two issues need to be fixed to pass GA review: lead expansion and alt-text for the images.

  1. It is reasonably well written.
    a (prose): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
    The only major issue is the lead. It's quite small for the size of the article and doesn't touch on every major section. Make sure that there is at least a sentence for every section. The largest section, about Fish's service as Secretary of State, probably deserves more coverage in the lead than the other sections.
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
    No issues that I see.
  3. It is broad in its coverage.
    a (major aspects): b (focused):
    Seems comprehensive, though I'm not an expert on the subject. However, as a general reader, I didn't finish the article with any major questions.
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    Fair representation without bias:
    No problems here.
  5. It is stable.
    No edit wars, etc.:
    Stable.
  6. It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
    a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
    All images need alt-text.
  7. Overall: Good job with the improvements. Article passes GA review.
    Pass/Fail:


OK. Thanks for the article review. I am working on fixing the above pertinent issues. Cmguy777 (talk) 16:39, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for fixing those things above. I'll finish the review today or tomorrow. AstroCog (talk) 16:57, 22 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I added to the lead section. Cmguy777 (talk) 05:02, 24 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I added alt text(s) to the photos. Cmguy777 (talk) 18:10, 25 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Excellent. AstroCog (talk) 03:26, 26 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for GA, Astrocog! Cmguy777 (talk) 08:09, 26 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Notable relatives

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I am putting this section into the talk page. Cmguy777 (talk) 17:01, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

  1. ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, Fish, Hamilton, (1849 - 1936)
  2. ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress ,Fish, Hamilton, (1888 - 1991)
  3. ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, Fish, Hamilton, Jr., (1926 - 1996)
  4. ^ New York Times (April 3, 1988), Hamilton Fish 3d Joins Race for House
  5. ^ Stover, "The management of the Illinois Central Railroad in the 20th century.", PDF file
  6. ^ Political Graveyard (July 19, 2011), Fischetti to Fishelson
  7. ^ Benz (June 26, 1998), The Bull Pulpit
  8. ^ New York Times (May 11, 1928), Dr. Stuyvesant F. Morris.
  9. ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, Kean, Hamilton Fish, (1862 - 1941)
  10. ^ Rutgers, Governor Thomas H. Kean Biography
  11. ^ Bardsley (2011), Albert Fish
  12. ^ Reitwiesner, Ancestry of Albert Fish

New Picture

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I've just been sent a picture of a Fish campaign poster which has been up in its original place until now. Is this useful? (see photo here PanydThe muffin is not subtle 16:19, 1 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I added another new picture. Bearian (talk) 21:38, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Elizabeth Stuyvesant

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With respect to Elizabeth Stuyvesant, Hamilton Fish's mother, the article included the line "(a daughter of New Amsterdam's Peter Stuyvesant)" with a link to her ancestor, Peter (Petrus) Stuyvesant (1610-1672), the last Dutch director-general of Dutch New Netherland. Elizabeth's father was also called Peter (Petrus) Stuyvesant (1727–1805) - see entry on Elizabeth Stuyvesant's husband, Nicholas Fish, Hamilton Fish's father. The latter Peter Stuyvesant - Elizabeth's father - was a descendant of the director-general, and presumably the elder Peter's namesake. --J. G. Graubart (talk) 23:23, 19 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]