Hugh Lawson White Hill Explained

Hugh Lawson White Hill
District1:4th
State1:Tennessee
Term Start1:March 4, 1847
Term End1:March 3, 1849
Predecessor1:Alvan Cullom
Successor1:John H. Savage
Office2:Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives
Term2:1837–1839
1841
Party:Democrat
Birth Date:March 1, 1810
Birth Place:McMinnville, Tennessee
Death Place:Hills Creek Warren County, Tennessee
Spouse:Virginia Dearing Hill
Alma Mater:Cumberland College
Profession:teacherfarmer

politician

Hugh Lawson White Hill (March 1, 1810 – January 18, 1892) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 4th congressional district.

Biography

Hill was born on March 1, 1810, in McMinnville, Tennessee, in Warren County a son of Henry John A. and Susannah Swales Hill. After attending public school and Carroll Male Academy at McMinnville, he graduated from Cumberland College in Nashville.[1] He taught school for a short time and engaged in agricultural pursuits and fruit growing. He married Virginia Dearing on May 14, 1840, and they had eight children.[2]

Career

Hill was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1837 to 1839 and in 1841. He was elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth Congress. He served from March 4, 1847, to March 3, 1849.[3] He was not a candidate for renomination in 1848.

Hill resumed agricultural pursuits and was a member of the state constitutional convention in 1870.

Death

Hill died at Hills Creek in Warren County, Tennessee, on January 18, 1892, and was interred in Hill Graveyard near McMinnville, Tennessee. He was a cousin of fellow congressman Benjamin Harvey Hill.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hugh Lawson White Hill. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. 18 March 2013.
  2. Web site: Hugh Lawson White Hill. Famous Hills in the United States Congress. 18 March 2013.
  3. Web site: Hugh Lawson White Hill. Govtrack US Congress. 18 March 2013.
  4. Web site: Hugh Lawson White Hill. The Political Graveyard. 18 March 2013.