William Henry Hill (politician, 1876)

William Henry Hill

William Henry Hill (born March 23, 1876 in Plains , Luzerne County , Pennsylvania , †  July 24, 1972 in Binghamton , New York ) was an American politician . Between 1919 and 1921 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Hill attended his home public schools and high school in Binghamton. Between 1898 and 1901 he was mayor of Lestershire (now Johnson City ). From 1902 to 1910 he also worked there as a postman. He also published a newspaper in this place between 1898 and 1921. Politically, he joined the Republican Party . From 1914 to 1918 he was a member of the New York Senate .

In the 1918 congressional election , Hill was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the 34th  constituency of New York , where he succeeded George Winthrop Fairchild on March 4, 1919 . Since he renounced another candidacy in 1920, he could only complete one term in Congress until March 3, 1921 . The 18th and 19th amendments to the Constitution were ratified in 1919 and 1920 . It was about the ban on trade in alcoholic beverages and the nationwide introduction of women's suffrage .

After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, William Hill remained politically active. In 1924, 1928, 1932, 1940 and 1944 he took part as a delegate at the respective Republican National Conventions . In 1925 he was appointed to the New York State Parks Commission , which he chaired in 1933. In 1928 he was chairman of the New York Hoover-for-President Committee , which supported Herbert Hoover's presidential campaign. In 1932 he was vice chairman of the Republican Campaign Committee in the East. He was also a member of the Republican State Board. He was also a curator of Syracuse University . He also worked as a newspaper editor until 1960. William Hill died in Binghamton on July 24, 1972 at the age of 96.

Web links

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

predecessor	Office	successor
George Winthrop Fairchild	United States House of Representatives for New York (34th constituency) March 4, 1919 - March 3, 1921	John D. Clarke