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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: spearheading Lodge-Fish resolution===

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

[[File:Hamilton Fish, III 1921 portrait.png|thumb|left|185px|Fish in March 1921.<ref>[https://www.loc.gov/resource/npcc.20900/ Hamilton Fish, N.Y., [3/1/21] digital file from original]. ''Library of Congress''. Retrieved October 23, 2021.</ref>]]

[[File:Hamilton Fish, III 1921 portrait.png|thumb|left|185px|Fish in March 1921.<ref>[https://www.loc.gov/resource/npcc.20900/ Hamilton Fish, N.Y., [3/1/21] digital file from original]. ''Library of Congress''. 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>

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 resolution unanimously passed both houses of Congress and was signed into law by President [[Warren G. Harding]] on September 21, 1922.<ref>Freund, Michael (November 5, 2020). [https://www.jpost.com/opinion/warren-g-harding-a-forgotten-zionist-hero-648118 Warren G. Harding - a forgotten Zionist hero‏]. ''The Jerusalem Post''. Retrieved October 23, 2021.</ref> Fish's leading efforts at the time received the praise of Zionist leaders.<ref>January 10, 1923. [https://www.jta.org/archive/zionists-acclaim-congressman-fish Zionists Acclaim Congressman Fish]. ''Jewish Telegraphic Agency''. Retrieved October 23, 2021.</ref>

The resolution unanimously passed both houses of Congress and was signed into law by President [[Warren G. Harding]] on September 21, 1922.<ref>Freund, Michael (November 5, 2020). [https://www.jpost.com/opinion/warren-g-harding-a-forgotten-zionist-hero-648118 Warren G. Harding - a forgotten Zionist hero‏]. ''The Jerusalem Post''. Retrieved October 23, 2021.</ref> Fish's leading efforts at the time received the praise of Zionist leaders.<ref>January 10, 1923. [https://www.jta.org/archive/zionists-acclaim-congressman-fish Zionists Acclaim Congressman Fish]. ''Jewish Telegraphic Agency''. Retrieved October 23, 2021.</ref>

The same year the Lodge-Fish resolution was approved and passed, Fish also supported the [[anti-lynching bill]] (the [[Dyer 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]] (the [[Dyer 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]].

Fish also advocated in 1923 for making [[Jerusalem]] the capital of the [[League of Nations]], noting its:<ref>March 16, 1923. [https://www.jta.org/archive/congressman-wants-jerusalem-made-seat-of-league-of-nations Congressman Wants Jerusalem Made Seat of League of Nations]. ''Jewish Telegraphic Agency''. Retrieved October 23, 2021.</ref>

Fish also advocated in 1923 for making [[Jerusalem]] the capital of the [[League of Nations]], noting its:<ref>March 16, 1923. [https://www.jta.org/archive/congressman-wants-jerusalem-made-seat-of-league-of-nations Congressman Wants Jerusalem Made Seat of League of Nations]. ''Jewish Telegraphic Agency''. Retrieved October 23, 2021.</ref>