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John Hill
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNew Jersey's4th district
In office March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1873
Preceded by	Andrew J. Rogers
Succeeded by	Robert Hamilton
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNew Jersey's5th district
In office March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883
Preceded by	Charles H. Voorhis
Succeeded by	William W. Phelps
Member of theNew Jersey General Assembly
In office 1861-1862 1866
Personal details
Born	June 10, 1821 Catskill, New York, USA
Died	July 24, 1884(1884-07-24) (aged 63) Boonton, New Jersey, USA
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Phebe J. Carman Hill
Profession	Politician,Clerk,Bookkeeper,Merchant,Justice of the Peace

John Hill (June 10, 1821 – July 24, 1884) was an American clerk, bookkeeper, merchant andRepublican Party politician who representedNew Jersey's 4th congressional district from 1867 to 1873, andNew Jersey's 5th congressional district from 1881 to 1883.

Born inCatskill, New York, Hill attended private schools as a child. He was employed as a bank clerk and learnedbookkeeping in Catskill. He moved toBoonton, New Jersey, in 1845 and was employed as a bookkeeper and paymaster. He later engaged in mercantile pursuits, was postmaster of Boonton from 1849 to 1853, was a member of the town committee from 1852 to 1856 and wasJustice of the Peace from 1856 to 1861. During theCivil War, Hill took an active part in raising troops for theUnion Army. He served in theNew Jersey General Assembly in 1861, 1862 and 1866, serving asSpeaker of the House in the last year, was an unsuccessful candidate for theNew Jersey Senate in 1862 and was again a member of the town committee from 1863 to 1867.

He was elected a Republican to theUnited States House of Representatives in 1866, serving from 1867 to 1873. There, Hill was chairman of theCommittee on Expenditures in the Department of the Interior from 1871 to 1873. He was a delegate to the1868 Republican National Convention and resumed mercantile pursuits from 1873 to 1876 when he retired. He served in theNew Jersey Senate from 1875 to 1877 and was elected back to theUnited States House of Representatives in 1880, serving again from 1881 to 1883, not being a candidate for renomination in 1882. Hill died in Boonton on July 24, 1884, and was interred in Boonton Cemetery in Boonton.

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