Robert R. Hitt

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Robert R. Hitt

Robert Roberts Hitt (born January 16, 1834 in Urbana , Champaign County , Ohio , †  September 20, 1906 in Narragansett , Rhode Island ) was an American politician . Between 1882 and 1905 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1837 Robert Hitt and his parents came to Mount Morris , Illinois, where he attended Rock River Seminary , later Mount Morris College . He then studied at DePauw University in Greencastle ( Indiana ). Hitt was known for his ability to use shorthand. He became a friend and political helper of the future US President Abraham Lincoln . Like him, Hitt became a member of the Republican Party . In 1871 he was the private secretary to US Senator Oliver P. Morton . Between 1874 and 1881 he worked in the diplomatic service at the American embassy in Paris . Between May and December 1881, he served as Assistant Secretary of State and as deputy to Secretary of State James G. Blaine ; he succeeded John Hay in this office .

After the death of Congressman Robert Hawk , Hitt was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the due by-election for the fifth seat of Illinois , where he took up his new mandate on November 7, 1882. After twelve re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on September 20, 1906 . Between 1893 and 1895 he represented the sixth and from 1895 the ninth electoral district of his state. The Spanish-American War of 1898 fell during his time as a Member of Parliament . From 1889 to 1891 and again from 1895 to 1897 he headed the Foreign Affairs Committee. From 1893 he was a regent board member of the Smithsonian Institution . In 1898 he was a member of a commission responsible for establishing the American administration in the newly annexed Hawaiian Islands .

Web links

  • Robert R. Hitt in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)