Joseph Morrison Hill Explained

Joseph Morrison Hill
Office:	Chief Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court
Term Start:	1904
Term End:	1909

Joseph Morrison Hill (September 2, 1864 – July 23, 1950) was an American lawyer who served as chief justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court from 1904 to 1909.^[1]

Biography

The youngest son of Confederate Lieutenant General Daniel Harvey Hill and Isabella Morrison Hill,^[2] Joseph Hill received his law degree from Cumberland University in 1883.^[3]

Hill opened a law practice in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, moving to Fort Smith, Arkansas in 1887. He was elected Chief Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court in 1904, and served until 1909 when he resigned to become the state's chief attorney for in a railroad rate lawsuit.^{[4] [5]} He died in Booneville, Arkansas.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Joseph Morrison Hill (1864–1950). 2022-01-28. Encyclopedia of Arkansas. en-US.
2. Book: Bridges, Hal. Lee's Maverick General: Daniel Harvey Hill. 1 December 2014. 1991. U of Nebraska Press. 9780803260962. 273–.
3. Looney. J. W.. Fall 2002. Chief Justice Joseph Morrison Hill. The Arkansas Lawyer. 47. 4. 32.
4. Book: The National Cyclopedia of American Biography. 1906. J.T. White. 297.
5. Book: Herringshaw's American Blue Book Of Biography. 1914. American Publishers' Association.. 506–.