John Philip Hill | |
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.jpg) Hill (c. 1905) | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMaryland's3rd district | |
| In office March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1927 | |
| Preceded by | Charles P. Coady |
| Succeeded by | Vincent L. Palmisano |
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| Born | John Boynton Philip Clayton Hill (1879-05-02)May 2, 1879 Annapolis, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | May 23, 1941(1941-05-23) (aged 62) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Resting place | Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
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| Alma mater | Johns Hopkins University (AB) Harvard Law School (LLB) |
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John Boynton Philip Clayton Hill (May 2, 1879 – May 23, 1941) was aU.S. representative from the3rd Congressional district ofMaryland, serving three terms from 1921 to 1927.
John Boynton Philip Clayton Hill was born on May 2, 1879, inAnnapolis, Maryland, to Kate Watts (née Clayton) and Charles Ebenezer Hill. He attended common schools and graduated fromJohns Hopkins University in 1900 with aBachelor of Arts. He graduated fromHarvard Law School in 1903 with aBachelor of Laws. He wasadmitted to the bar in Boston in 1903 and commenced practice inBoston, Massachusetts, in the office of Ropes, Gray & Gorman.[1][2]
Hill returned toBaltimore, Maryland and was admitted to the bar in Boston in 1904. He then practiced law there.[1][2] Hill was a candidate for the 12th ward in theMaryland House of Delegates in 1905. He was a candidate for the 2nd ward in the House of Delegates in 1907.[2] Hill was an unsuccessful candidate for election to theSixty-first Congress in 1908. He served asUnited States Attorney for the district of Maryland from 1910 to 1915. In 1915, Hill was an unsuccessful candidate formayor of Baltimore, and served as delegate to theRepublican National Convention in 1916. He served as judge advocate for the Fifteenth Division, and attached to the Fourteenth Cavalry, Mexican border service, from August 26 to December 15, 1916.[1] Hill also practiced law with Hill, Ross & Hill.[2] During theFirst World War, he wasmajor andlieutenant colonel in theUnited States Army in 1918 and 1919.[1]
After the war, Hill was elected as aRepublican to theSixty-seventh,Sixty-eighth, andSixty-ninth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1921, to March 3, 1927. To date, he is the last Republican to represent a significant portion of Baltimore in the House. He was an unsuccessful candidate for theUnited States Senate in 1926, an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1928 to theSeventy-first Congress, and again in 1936 to theSeventy-fifth Congress. Hill moved toNew York City in 1937 and continued the practice of law until he returned to Annapolis in 1940.[1]
Hill was the only representative from Maryland, and one of only 62 House members, to vote against the 1924 Johnson-Reed Act, the law that placed severe quotas on immigration to the United States[3]
DuringProhibition, Hill planted some grape vines and apples trees in his yard, and renamed his house "Franklin Farms", since farmers were allowed to make wine and cider. He was arrested and charged with the illegal manufacture of liquor, but the jury pronounced it "not intoxicating in fact", even though its alcohol content was more than 12%.[4]
Hill married Suzanne Howell Carroll, the great-great-great granddaughter ofCharles Carroll of Carrollton, on October 28, 1913.[2]
Hill died inWashington, D.C., and is interred inArlington National Cemetery.[1]
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