William Henry Hill (politician, 1767)

William Henry Hill (born May 1, 1767 in Brunswick , Province of North Carolina , †  1809 in Wilmington , North Carolina ) was an American politician . Between 1799 and 1803 he represented the state of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Hill attended public schools in Boston and then worked in agriculture. After a subsequent law degree in Boston and his admission to the bar, he began to work in this profession. In 1790, he was appointed state attorney for North Carolina by President George Washington . There he also began a political career. In 1794, Hill was elected to the North Carolina Senate. In the late 1790s he joined the Federalist Party founded by Alexander Hamilton .

In the congressional elections of 1798 Hill was elected in the sixth constituency of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives, which was still sitting in Philadelphia at that time , where he succeeded James Gillespie on March 4, 1799 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1803 . In 1800 he moved to the new federal capital Washington, DC In the meantime, Hill had been appointed federal judge for North Carolina in 1801 shortly before the end of the term of office of President John Adams . He could not take this office because Adams' successor Thomas Jefferson revoked this appointment immediately.

After leaving the US House of Representatives in March 1803, William Hill returned to his estate near Wilmington, where he worked in agriculture. He died there in 1809; his exact date of death is unknown.

Web links

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