Hamilton, George H., 1875-1948

Like his immediate predecessor, Willis Bailey, George Henry Hamilton, who served as governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City from 1932 to 1941, came to the Tenth Federal Reserve District from Illinois. Born in 1875 on a farm near Wellington, Illinois, he was an attorney who later became involved in banking and served three terms in the Illinois legislature. He came to Kansas in 1912 after purchasing the State Savings Bank in Wichita, Kansas, where he served as president until its merger with Fourth National Bank. (Source: Federal Reserve History)