Robert Potter Hill | |
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.jpg) Hill in 1937 | |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives | |
| In office January 3, 1937 – October 29, 1937 | |
| Preceded by | Joshua B. Lee |
| Succeeded by | Gomer Griffith Smith |
| Constituency | Oklahoma 5th |
| In office March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915 | |
| Preceded by | Napoleon B. Thistlewood |
| Succeeded by | Edward E. Denison |
| Constituency | Illinois 25th |
| Member of theIllinois House of Representatives from the 50th district | |
| In office January 4, 1911 – January 1913 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 18, 1874 (1874-04-18) nearEwing, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | October 29, 1937(1937-10-29) (aged 63) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Lora Corder Hill |
| Children | Robert Potter Hill |
| Alma mater | Ewing College |
| Profession | Attorney, politician, judge |
Robert Potter Hill (April 18, 1874 – October 29, 1937) was an American politician and aU.S. representative fromIllinois and fromOklahoma.
Born nearEwing, Illinois, Hill was the son of James B. and Rebecca Spilman Hill, and attended the public schools. With a two-year interruption during which he taught school in Franklin County from 1891 to 1893; he graduated with a bachelor's degree from Ewing College in 1896. In 1899 he moved toMarion, Illinois, where he studied law and was aJustice of the Peace. A year later, he married Lora Corder. The Hills had one son, Robert Potter.[1]
Hill wasadmitted to the bar in 1902 and commenced practice in Marion. He was Police magistrate of Marion in 1903 andCity attorney of Marion from 1908 to 1910.[2]
In the 1910 general election, Hill won one of the three seats in theIllinois House of Representatives from the 50th district.[3] The 50th district included Franklin, Williamson, Union, Alexander, and Pulaski counties.[4] Hill, aDemocrat, was sworn into office on January 4, 1911, alongside RepublicansR. D. Kirkpatrick andHall Whiteaker.[5]
In 1912, he was elected to Congress from Illinois to the63rd United States Congress, Hill served from March 4, 1913, to March 3, 1915.[6] An unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to theSixty-fourth Congress, he resumed the practice of law.
Hill moved toOklahoma City, Oklahoma, in 1918 and continued the practice of law. He was appointed assistant county attorney, Oklahoma County, in 1925 and served until 1929. He served as district judge of the thirteenth judicial district from 1931 until his resignation on December 15, 1936, having been elected to Congress.
Elected as aDemocrat from Oklahoma to theSeventy-fifth Congress, he served from January 3, 1937, until his death.[7]
Hill died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, on October 29, 1937 (age 63 years, 194 days). He isinterred at Memorial Park Cemetery in Oklahoma City.[8]
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromBiographical Directory of the United States Congress.Federal government of the United States.
| U.S. House of Representatives | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromIllinois's 25th congressional district 1913-1915 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromOklahoma's 1st congressional district 1937 | Succeeded by |
