Ebenezer J. Hill (August 4, 1845 – September 27, 1917) was an American politician who was a
Republican
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Political ideology
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member of the
United States House of Representatives
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from
Connecticut's 4th congressional district
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from 1895 to 1913 and from 1915 until his death in 1917. He had previously served as a member of the
Connecticut Senate
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from 1886 to 1887.
Early life
He was born on August 4, 1845, in
Redding, Connecticut
Redding is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 8,765 at the 2020 census.
History
Early settlement and establishment
At the time colonials began receiving grants for land within the boundaries of present-d ...
, to Reverend Moses Hill and Charlotte Ilsley McLellan. He attended the public schools and then the
Center Academy, and
Yale College
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in 1865 and 1866. During the
Civil War
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The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies ...
enlisted in the
Union Army
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in 1863 and served until the close of the war.
Political career
Hill engaged in business and banking in Norwalk. He served as a Burgess of Norwalk. He served as chairman of the board of school visitors. Hill served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1884. He served as member of the State senate in 1886 and 1887. He served one term on the Republican State central committee.
Hill was elected as a
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
to the
Fifty-fourth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1913).
He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury (
Sixty-first Congress).
He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1912 for reelection to the
Sixty-third Congress.
Hill was elected to the
Sixty-fourth and
Sixty-fifth Congresses and served from March 4, 1915, until his death in
Norwalk, Connecticut
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, September 27, 1917. He was interred in Riverside Cemetery in Norwalk, Connecticut.
See also
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Footnotes
Sources
Ebenezer J. Hill, late a representative from Connecticut, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1919
External links
* Ebenezer J. Hill papers (MS 279). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library
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1845 births
1917 deaths
Burials in Riverside Cemetery (Norwalk, Connecticut)
Connecticut city council members
Republican Party Connecticut state senators
Republican Party members of the Connecticut House of Representatives
Union Army soldiers
Politicians from Norwalk, Connecticut
People of Connecticut in the American Civil War
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut
Burials in Connecticut
19th-century American politicians
People from Redding, Connecticut
Yale College alumni