About Hamilton C. Horton Jr.
Lived 1931 – 2006 (aged 74). Hamilton C. Horton Jr. was an American politician and environmentalist.
Hamilton Cowles "Ham" Horton Jr. (August 6, 1931 – January 31, 2006) was a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's thirty-first Senate district, including constituents in Forsyth county. Horton attended R. J. Reynolds High School from 1945 to 1949. He received his AB and LLB from UNC-Chapel Hill. He also served in the United States Navy as a Lieutenant from 1956 to 1960. He previously served as Chief of Staff to Senator Jesse Helms from 1977 to 1978. He ran for North Carolina's 5th congressional district in the 1978 election. He lost to incumbent, Stephen L. Neal.
Senator Horton had a cancerous kidney removed in September after the 2005 legislative session. He died of cancer on January 31, 2006, at age 74.
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American politician in North Carolina (1931-2006)
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Hamilton C. Horton Jr. was born on 6 August 1931 in Winston-Salem.
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Hamilton C. Horton Jr. died on 31 January 2006 in Winston-Salem.
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Hamilton C. Horton Jr. was a politician and environmentalist.
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Hamilton C. Horton Jr. was American.
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