John Hill (July 18, 1800 – April 19, 1880) was a

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from

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, cousin of John Thomas Harris.

Biography

Born in

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, Hill completed preparatory studies and was graduated from Washington Academy (now

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, 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

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. Hill then resumed the practice of law. He served as member of the Virginia constitutional convention in 1850–1851. He worked as a

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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

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