Ralph Hill (politician)

Ralph Hill (born October 12, 1827 in Trumbull County , Ohio , †  August 20, 1899 in Indianapolis , Indiana ) was an American politician . Between 1865 and 1867 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Ralph Hill attended the public schools of his home country and then the Kinsman Academy and the Grand River Academy in Austinburg . From 1846 to 1850 Hill worked as a teacher. After studying law at the New York State and National Law School in Ballston ( New York ) and being admitted to the bar in 1851, he began to practice this profession in Albany . In the same year he returned to Ohio, where he worked as a lawyer in Jefferson . During this time he founded a school in Austinburg. In August 1852, Hill moved his residence and law firm to Columbus , Indiana.

Politically, Hill was a member of the Republican Party . In the congressional election of 1864 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Indiana , where he succeeded Henry W. Harrington on March 4, 1865 . Since he refused to run again in 1866, he was only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1867 . During this time the civil war ended . After that, Hill experienced the violent clashes between his party and the new President Andrew Johnson over the reconstruction policy as a congressman . During his tenure as Congressman, the 13th Amendment was ratified in 1865 .

Between 1869 and 1875, Ralph Hill was the tax director of Indiana Third Financial District. Otherwise he practiced as a lawyer again. From 1879 he lived in Indianapolis, where he died on August 20, 1899.

Web links

• Ralph Hill in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)