Hamilton Richey Krans Jr. (February 21, 1944 – June 8, 2025) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party and the Democratic Party, he served as attorney of

Strafford County, New Hampshire Strafford County is a county in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. As of the 2020 census, the population was 130,889. Its county seat is Dover. Strafford County was one of the five original counties identified for New Hampshire in 1769. It was n ...

from 1975 to 1979 and in the

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from 2016 to 2018.

Life and career

Krans was born in

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, the son of Hamilton Krans Sr. and Eulalia Padgett Eastman. He attended

Dartmouth College Dartmouth College ( ) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, Dartmouth is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the America ...

, graduating in 1966. After graduating, he attended the

University of Miami School of Law The University of Miami School of Law (Miami Law or UM Law) is the law school of the University of Miami, a private research university in Coral Gables, Florida. Founded in 1926, it is the oldest law school in South Florida, graduating its first ...

, earning his

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degree in 1969, which after earning his degree, he served in the

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and in the

New Hampshire Army National Guard The New Hampshire Army National Guard is a federal military reserve force of the Army National Guard of the U.S. state of New Hampshire. Along with the New Hampshire Air National Guard, it is an element of the New Hampshire National Guard. As a s ...

. Krans served as attorney of

from 1975 to 1979. After his service as attorney, he served in the

from 2016 to 2018. Krans died in

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on June 8, 2025, at the age of 81.

References

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