Israel Hamilton (1799–1843) was appointed United States Attorney for the District of Ohio by Martin Van Buren in 1839.
Israel Hamilton was born in Massachusetts and educated at Brown University.
After college, he taught school in Abbeville, South Carolina.
[2] Hamilton was a Whig when he first came west, but became an active Democrat.
Martin Van Buren, of that party, appointed him United States Attorney in 1839, and he served until Whig William Henry Harrison chose Charles Anthony.