Jim Hill

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Jim Hill (born April 23, 1947 in Atlanta , Georgia ) is an American lawyer , financial advisor and politician ( Democratic Party ).

Career

Nothing is known about Jim Hill's youth. In 1969 he graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in economics . He then went to Indiana University , where he graduated with a Master of Business Administration in 1971 and a law degree in 1974 .

He ran for the Oregon House of Representatives unsuccessfully in 1980 . From 1983 to 1987 he sat in the House of Representatives and from 1987 to 1993 in the Oregon Senate . In the 1992 election, he was elected Treasurer of State of Oregon. Hill is the first African American to be elected in a state election. He was re-elected in 1996. He held the post from January 4, 1993 to January 1, 2001. In the following years he ran twice, in 2002 and 2006, unsuccessfully for the office of governor of Oregon. In 2010, he ran for the post of Treasurer of State of Oregon in the by-election to fill the vacancy created by the death of Ben Westlund , who passed away before the end of his term.

Hill is divorced and has a daughter. He now lives in Salem ( Oregon ).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Oregon Blue Book , Secretary of State, 1997, p. 16
  2. ^ A b c Jim Hill, Statesman Journal (newspaper article), April 30, 2006, p. 2A
  3. ^ A b c Treasurers of Oregon , Oregon Blue Book
  4. ↑ Candidate filings, State Treasurer, Oregon Secretary of State
  5. ↑ Mapes, Jeff: Jim Hill drops Oregon Treasurer candidacy , The Oregonian, March 11, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Hill, Jim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer, financial advisor, and politician (Democratic Party)
DATE OF BIRTH April 23, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Atlanta , Georgia