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Fish was first elected to Congress in a 1920 special election, defeating Democrat opponent Rosslyn M. Cox by a landslide.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=733811 NY District 26 - Special Election Race - Nov 02, 1920]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved October 23, 2021.</ref> He was re-elected to a full House term that year in a rematch against Cox by a near-identical margin of victory.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=292812 NY District 26 Race - Nov 02, 1920]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved October 23, 2021.</ref>

Fish was first elected to Congress in a 1920 special election, defeating Democrat opponent Rosslyn M. Cox by a landslide.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=733811 NY District 26 - Special Election Race - Nov 02, 1920]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved October 23, 2021.</ref> He was re-elected to a full House term that year in a rematch against Cox by a near-identical margin of victory.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=292812 NY District 26 Race - Nov 02, 1920]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved October 23, 2021.</ref>

===1920s===

===1920s: spearheading Lodge-Fish resolution===

A [[Zionist]], Fish co-sponsored with [[Massachusetts]] Sen. [[Henry Cabot Lodge, Sr.]] the Lodge-Fish resolution 1922 which affirmed [[Israel]] as a permanent national home for Jews.<ref name=fascinatingpoliticsbio>Fascinating Politics (December 30, 2018). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2018/12/30/hamilton-fish-an-american-hero-smeared-by-british-intelligence/ Hamilton Fish: An American Hero Smeared By British Intelligence]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved October 23, 2021.</ref> It asserted that the United States:<ref>Glatt, Benjamin (September 21, 2016). [https://www.jpost.com/Christian-News/After-WWI-Christian-Zionists-sought-a-political-expression-in-the-world-468294 After WWI, Christian Zionists sought a political expression in the world]. ''The Jerusalem Post''. Retrieved October 23, 2021.</ref>

A [[Zionist]], Fish co-sponsored with [[Massachusetts]] Sen. [[Henry Cabot Lodge, Sr.]] the Lodge-Fish resolution 1922 which affirmed [[Israel]] as a permanent national home for Jews.<ref name=fascinatingpoliticsbio>Fascinating Politics (December 30, 2018). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2018/12/30/hamilton-fish-an-american-hero-smeared-by-british-intelligence/ Hamilton Fish: An American Hero Smeared By British Intelligence]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved October 23, 2021.</ref> It asserted that the United States:<ref>Glatt, Benjamin (September 21, 2016). [https://www.jpost.com/Christian-News/After-WWI-Christian-Zionists-sought-a-political-expression-in-the-world-468294 After WWI, Christian Zionists sought a political expression in the world]. ''The Jerusalem Post''. Retrieved October 23, 2021.</ref>

{{cquote|...favors the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of Christian and all other non-Jewish communities in Palestine, and that the Holy places and religious buildings and sites in Palestine shall be adequately protected.}}

{{cquote|...favors the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of Christian and all other non-Jewish communities in Palestine, and that the Holy places and religious buildings and sites in Palestine shall be adequately protected.}}

The same year the Lodge-Fish resolution was approved and passed, Fish also supported the [[anti-lynching bill]] introduced by conservative Republican colleague Leonidas C. Dyer of [[Missouri]],<ref name=fascinatingpoliticsbio/> which passed the House though was blocked in the Senate by an anti-civil rights group consisting of racist [[Mississippi]] politician Pat Harrison and [[liberal Republican]] [[William E. Borah]].

The same year the Lodge-Fish resolution was approved and passed, Fish also supported the [[anti-lynching bill]] introduced by conservative Republican colleague Leonidas C. Dyer of [[Missouri]],<ref name=fascinatingpoliticsbio/> which passed the House though was blocked in the Senate by an anti-civil rights group consisting of racist [[Mississippi]] politician Pat Harrison and [[liberal Republican]] [[William E. Borah]].

===1930s===

===1930s: opposing New Deal and interventionism===

During the presidency of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], Fish became a leading opponent of the [[liberal]] [[New Deal]] agenda, though supported some of its programs such as [[Social Security]] and a minimum wage at the federal level.<ref name=fascinatingpoliticsbio/>

During the presidency of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], Fish became a leading opponent of the [[liberal]] [[New Deal]] agenda, though supported some of its programs such as [[Social Security]] and a minimum wage at the federal level.<ref name=fascinatingpoliticsbio/>