John Hill (Virginia politician) explained

John Hill
State1:Virginia
District1:5th
Term Start1:March 4, 1839
Term End1:March 4, 1841
Predecessor1:James Bouldin
Successor1:Edmund W. Hubard
Birth Date:July 18, 1800
Birth Place:New Canton, Virginia
Death Place:Buckingham Court House, Virginia
Party:Whig
Alma Mater:Washington Academy
Profession:lawyer, judge

John Hill (July 18, 1800 – April 19, 1880) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia, cousin of John Thomas Harris.

Biography

Born in New Canton, Virginia, Hill completed preparatory studies and was graduated from Washington Academy (now Washington and Lee University), Lexington, Virginia, in 1818. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1821.

Hill was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1840 to the Twenty-seventh Congress.

Hill then resumed the practice of law. He served as member of the Virginia constitutional convention in 1850–1851.He worked as a Commonwealth attorney for several years, before becoming county judge of Buckingham County from 1870 to 1879.

He died at Buckingham Court House, Virginia, April 19, 1880. He was interred in the Presbyterian Cemetery.

Electoral history

1839; Hill was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 54.12% of the vote, defeating Democrat Daniel A. Wilson.