U.S. Representative from Virginia
John Hill (July 18, 1800 – April 19, 1880) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia , cousin of John Thomas Harris .
Biography
Born in New Canton, Virginia , Hill completed preparatory studies and was graduated from Washington Academy (now Washington and Lee University ), Lexington, Virginia , in 1818. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1821.
Hill was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1840 to the Twenty-seventh Congress .
Hill then resumed the practice of law. He served as member of the Virginia constitutional convention in 1850–1851.
He worked as a Commonwealth attorney for several years, before becoming county judge of Buckingham County from 1870 to 1879.
He died at Buckingham Court House, Virginia , April 19, 1880. He was interred in the Presbyterian Cemetery.
Electoral history
1839 ; Hill was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 54.12% of the vote, defeating Democrat Daniel A. Wilson.
Sources
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress