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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeHugh Lawson White HILL
(1810-1892)
HILL, Hugh Lawson White,
(cousin of Benjamin Harvey Hill), a Representative from Tennessee;
born near McMinnville, Warren County, Tenn., March 1, 1810;
attended private schools and the Carroll Male Academy at
McMinnville; was graduated from Cumberland College, Nashville,
Tenn.; taught school for a short time; engaged in agricultural
pursuits and fruit growing; member of the State house of
representatives 1837-1839 and in 1841; elected as a Democrat to the
Thirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1849); was not a
candidate for renomination in 1848; resumed agricultural pursuits;
member of the State constitutional convention in 1870; died at
Hills Creek, Warren County, Tenn., January 18, 1892; interment in
Hill Graveyard, near McMinnville, Tenn.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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