| Hugh M. Gillis | |
| State Senate: | Georgia State |
| District: | 20th |
| Term Start: | January 14, 1963 |
| Term End: | January 10, 2005 |
| Predecessor: | J. Floyd Harrington |
| Successor: | Ross Tolleson |
| Office1: | President pro tempore of the Georgia State Senate |
| Term Start1: | January 13, 1969 |
| Term End1: | January 1975 |
| Predecessor1: | Julian Webb |
| Successor1: | Al Holloway |
| State Senate2: | Georgia State |
| District2: | 16th |
| Term Start2: | January 14, 1957 |
| Term End2: | January 12, 1959 |
| Predecessor2: | Herschel Lovett |
| Successor2: | Henry C. Edenfield |
| Office3: | Member of the Georgia House of Representatives from Treutlen County |
| Term Start3: | January 10, 1949 |
| Term End3: | January 14, 1957 |
| Predecessor3: | I. Howell Hall |
| Successor3: | J. Wyman Fowler |
| Term Start4: | January 13, 1941 |
| Term End4: | January 8, 1945 |
| Predecessor4: | James Fowler |
| Successor4: | I. Howell Hall |
| Birth Name: | Hugh Marion Gillis |
| Birth Date: | 6 September 1918 |
| Birth Place: | Soperton, Georgia, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Vidalia, Georgia, U.S. |
| Spouse: | Laura Jean Gillis |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Relations: | Jim L. Gillis Jr. (brother) Jim L. Gillis Sr. (father) Neil L. Gillis (grandfather) |
Hugh Marion Gillis (September 6, 1918 - January 1, 2013) was an American politician.
Born in Soperton, Georgia, Gillis was a farmer and timber grower. He graduated from Soperton High School and then from University of Georgia with a degree in agriculture in 1939.[1]
Gillis served as a Democrat in the Georgia House of Representatives for twelve years and then the Georgia State Senate from 1962 to 2004 before retiring;[2] when he retired, Gillis was the longest-serving member of the Georgia General Assembly.[1] He died in Vidalia, Georgia on January 1, 2013.[3]