Hamilton Harris (May 1, 1820 – December 14, 1900) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Hamilton Harris was born in Preble, New York on May 1, 1820.

Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1845, and practiced in Albany.

[2] He married Lucy Moody Rogers (1829–1898).

In 1885, he was elected a Regent of the University of the State of New York.