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To: LS

Born to a RINO (RR) father I guess he went full on liberal.


6 posted on 10/30/2017 9:40:46 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (Ignorance is reparable, stupid is forever)
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To: headstamp 2
His great great grandfather, Hamilton Fish, was governor of New York, a United States Senator, & Secretary of State. He was a member of the Whig Party & then the Republican Party.

His great grandfather, Hamilton Fish II, was the Speaker of the New York State Assembly and a member of the United States House of Representatives, also a Republican.

His grandfather, Hamilton Fish III, served in the United States House of Representatives from 1920 to 1945 and he too was a Republican.

His father, Hamilton Fish IV, was a Congressman from New York, and a Republican

He, Hamilton Fish V or Jr., ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 1988 & 1994, as a Democrat.

14 posted on 10/30/2017 10:02:46 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: headstamp 2

Hamilton Fish II was a hero and a member of the Rough Riders who died in Cuba from a gunshot wound.


21 posted on 10/30/2017 10:11:05 AM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: headstamp 2

Both Fishes stank like they were rotten.


40 posted on 10/30/2017 11:26:53 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: headstamp 2

Was it his grandfather who was an ardent opponent of FDR?


53 posted on 11/02/2017 3:35:55 AM PDT by Theodore R. (Let's not squander the golden opportunity of 2017.)
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