John Fremont Hill

John F. Hill


19th Chair of the Republican National Committee
In office 1910–1912
Preceded by	Frank H. Hitchcock
Succeeded by	Victor Rosewater
45th Governor of Maine
In office January 2, 1901 – January 4, 1905
Preceded by	Llewellyn Powers
Succeeded by	William T. Cobb
Member of the Maine Senate
In office 1892-1896
Member of the Maine House of Representatives
In office 1888-1892
Personal details
Born	(1855-10-29)October 29, 1855 Eliot, Maine
Died	March 16, 1912(1912-03-16) (aged 56) Bar Harbor, Maine
Spouse(s)	Lizzie G. Vickery Laura Coleman

John Fremont Hill (October 29, 1855 in Eliot, Maine – March 16, 1912) was an American capitalist and politician. He served in a number of positions in Maine government, including as the 45th Governor of Maine from 1901 to 1905. ^[1]

He graduated from the Medical School of Maine (Bowdoin College) in 1877 and studied at the Long Island College Hospital Medical School, but practiced medicine only a year. In 1879 he became a member of the law firm (later a publishing house) of J.F. Hill & Co. in Augusta, Maine. He was active in many railroad, steamship, telephone, and banking enterprises.

He was best known as a Republican politician, serving as a member of the Maine House of Representatives in 1888-92, of the Maine Senate from 1892 to 1896, and of the Executive Council in 1898-1899; and he was the 45th Governor of Maine from 1901 to 1905. He was acting chairman in 1908-1911, and chairman in 1911-1912, of the Republican National Committee.

Personal

Dr. Hill married Lizzie G. Vickery, daughter of the Hon. Peleg O. Vickery, on May 19, 1880. They had one child, Percy Vickery Hill, born on March 16, 1881. Lizzie died on April 10, 1893. Dr. Hill later married Laura Ligget, née Colman, widow of Hiriam S. Liggett, and daughter of former Secretary of Agriculture Norman Jay Coleman, on April 25, 1897.^[2]

Sources

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Thurston, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "^{article name needed}". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.

References

↑ Political Graveyard website
↑ Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens of the State of Maine, New England Historical Publishing Company, 1903 - https://books.google.com/books?id=XDQhAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA7

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Preceded by Llewellyn Powers	Governor of Maine 1901–1905	Succeeded by William T. Cobb
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