John Fremont Hill (October 29, 1855 – March 16, 1912) was an American businessman and politician. He served in a number of positions in Maine government, including as the
45th Governor of Maine
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from 1901 to 1905.
Hill was born in
Eliot, Maine
Eliot is a town in York County, Maine, United States. Originally settled in 1623, it was formerly a part of Kittery, Maine, to its east. After Kittery, it is the next most southern town in the state of Maine, lying on the Piscataqua River across f ...
, the son of Miriam (Leighton) and William Hill. He graduated from the Medical School of Maine (
Bowdoin College) in 1877 and completed his residency at the
Long Island College Hospital Medical School
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, but practiced medicine only a year. In 1879 he became a member of the law firm (later a publishing house) of J.F. Hill & Co. in Augusta, Maine. He was active in many railroad, steamship, telephone, and banking enterprises.
He was best known as a
Republican
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politician, serving as a member of the
Maine House of Representatives in 1888–92, of the
Maine Senate
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from 1892 to 1896, and of the Executive Council in 1898–1899; and he was the
45th Governor of Maine from 1901 to 1905. He was acting chairman in 1908–1911, and
chairman in 1911–1912, of the
Republican National Committee
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.
Personal
Dr. Hill married Lizzie G. Vickery, daughter of the Hon. Peleg O. Vickery, on May 19, 1880. They had one child, Percy Vickery Hill, born on March 16, 1881. Lizzie died on April 10, 1893. Dr. Hill later married Laura Ligget, née Colman, widow of Hiriam S. Liggett, and daughter of former Secretary of Agriculture
Norman Jay Coleman, on April 25, 1897. They had one daughter, Katharine Langdon Hill.
Hill died in
Eliot, Maine
Eliot is a town in York County, Maine, United States. Originally settled in 1623, it was formerly a part of Kittery, Maine, to its east. After Kittery, it is the next most southern town in the state of Maine, lying on the Piscataqua River across f ...
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1855 births
1912 deaths
19th-century American politicians
Businesspeople from Maine
Republican Party governors of Maine
Republican Party Maine state senators
Medical School of Maine alumni
Members of the Executive Council of Maine
Republican Party members of the Maine House of Representatives
People from Eliot, Maine
Politicians from Augusta, Maine
SUNY Downstate Medical Center alumni
19th-century American businesspeople