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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—FloridaWilliam Luther HILL
(1873-1951)
Senate Years of Service:
1936-1936Party: DemocratHILL, William Luther, a
Senator from Florida; born in Gainesville, Alachua County, Fla.,
October 17, 1873; attended private and public schools and the East
Florida Seminary at Gainesville, Fla.; engaged in banking and
insurance; graduated from the law college of the University of
Florida at Gainesville in 1914; admitted to the bar the same year
and commenced practice in Gainesville, Fla.; secretary to United
States Senator Duncan U. Fletcher 1917-1936, and also served as
clerk to the Senate Committee on Commerce 1917-1921 and to the
Senate Committee on Banking and Currency 1933-1936; appointed on
July 1, 1936, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Duncan U. Fletcher and served from
July 1, 1936, to November 3, 1936, when a successor was elected;
was not a candidate for election to fill this vacancy; resumed the
practice of law until his retirement in 1947; died in Gainesville,
Fla., January 5, 1951; interment in Evergreen Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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