Clement S. Hill

Clement Sidney Hill (born February 13, 1813 in Lebanon , Kentucky , †  January 5, 1892 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1853 and 1855 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

After a good primary education, Clement Hill attended St. Mary's College . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1837, he began to work in this profession in Lebanon. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Whig Party . In 1839 he was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives .

In the congressional elections of 1852 Hill was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fifth constituency of Kentucky , where he succeeded Democrat James W. Stone on March 4, 1853 . By March 3, 1855, he was able to complete a legislative period in Congress that was shaped by the discussions about slavery in the run-up to the civil war . After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Hill practiced law again. In 1874 he applied unsuccessfully in the fourth district to return to Congress. Clement Hill died on January 5, 1892 in his hometown of Lebanon and was buried there.

Web links

• Clement S. Hill in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Clement S. Hill in the database of Find a Grave (English)