Joseph John Gill (September 21, 1846 – May 22, 1920) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a
U.S. Representative
The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they c ...
from
Ohio from 1899 to 1903.
Biography
Born in
Barnesville, Ohio, Gill moved with his parents to
Mount Pleasant, Ohio
Mount Pleasant is a village (United States)#Ohio, village in southern Jefferson County, Ohio, Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. The population was 394 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville met ...
, in 1848.
He pursued an academic course and was graduated from the law department of the
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1868.
He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in
Jefferson County, Ohio.
He subsequently engaged in banking and later in manufacturing and iron mining.
Congress
Gill was elected as a
Republican to the
Fifty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Lorenzo Danford.
He was reelected to the Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth Congresses and served from December 4, 1899, until October 31, 1903, when he resigned.
Death
He died in
Steubenville, Ohio, May 22, 1920.
He was interred in Union Cemetery.
Sources
1846 births
1920 deaths
People from Mount Pleasant, Ohio
University of Michigan Law School alumni
Ohio lawyers
Burials at Union Cemetery-Beatty Park
People from Barnesville, Ohio
19th-century American lawyers
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio
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