James T. Hill, Jr.

Not to be confused with U.S. Army General James T. Hill.

James T. Hill, Jr. was a lawyer with the United States Department of the Navy and the United States Department of the Air Force.

Hill joined the Department of the Navy's Office of General Counsel (DON-OGC) in 1944. From August 24, 1946 until May 15, 1947, he was General Counsel of the Navy.

In 1950, President of the United States Harry Truman named Hill General Counsel of the Air Force. He held this position until 1952, when he was promoted and became an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, a post he held until 1953.

References

Papers at the Truman Library

Government offices
Preceded by William Wemple	General Counsel of the Navy August 24, 1946 – May 15, 1947	Succeeded by Hudson B. Cox

United States Department of the Navy

Secretaries

Cabinet level	Stoddert Smith Hamilton Jones Crowninshield S Thompson Southard Branch L. Woodbury Dickerson Paulding Badger Upshur Henshaw Gilmer Mason Bancroft Mason Preston Graham Kennedy Dobbin Toucey Welles Borie Robeson R Thompson Goff Hunt Chandler Whitney Tracy Herbert Long Moody Morton Bonaparte Metcalf Newberry Meyer Daniels Denby Wilbur Adams Swanson Edison Knox Forrestal

Dept. of Defense	Sullivan Matthews Kimball Anderson Thomas T. Gates Franke Connally Korth Nitze Ignatius Chafee Warner Middendorf Claytor Hidalgo Lehman Webb Ball Garrett O'Keefe Dalton Danzig England Winter Mabus

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Assistant
Secretaries

Pre-1954	Fox Faxon Soley McAdoo T. Roosevelt Sr. Allen Hackett Darling Newberry Satterlee Winthrop F. Roosevelt G. Woodbury T. Roosevelt Jr. Robinson Jahncke H. Roosevelt Edison Compton Bard Hensel Kenney Andrews Koehler Askins Fogler

Post-1954	Financial Management and Comptroller Installations and Environment Manpower and Reserve Affairs Research, Development and Acquisitions General Counsel of the Navy defunct: Air Installations and Logistics Material Research and Development Research, Engineering and Systems Shipbuilding and Logistics

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