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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyJohn HILL
(1821-1884)
HILL, John, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Catskill, Greene County,
N.Y., June 10, 1821; attended private schools; employed as a bank
clerk and learned bookkeeping in Catskill, N.Y.; moved to Boonton,
N.J., in 1845; was employed as a bookkeeper and paymaster and later
engaged in mercantile pursuits; served as postmaster from November
1849 to May 1853; member of the township committee 1852-1856 and
1863-1867; justice of the peace 1856-1861; member of the State
house of assembly in 1861, 1862, and 1866, serving as speaker
during the last year; unsuccessful candidate for election to the
State senate in 1862; took an active part in raising troops during
the Civil War; elected as a Republican to the Fortieth,
Forty-first, and Forty-second Congresses (March 4, 1867-March 3,
1873); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the
Interior (Forty-second Congress); resumed mercantile pursuits until
1876, when he retired; delegate to the Republican National
Convention in 1868; member of the State senate 1875-1877; elected
as a Republican to the Forty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1881-March
3, 1883); was not a candidate for renomination in 1882; died in
Boonton, N.J., July 24, 1884; interment in Boonton Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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