Robert P. Hill

Robert Potter Hill ( * April 18, 1874 in Ewing, Franklin County, Illinois, † October 29, 1937 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma ) was an American politician. Between 1913 and 1915 he represented the 25th electoral district of the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives; January to October 1937 he was a deputy there for the fifth district of Oklahoma.

Career

Robert Hill attended the public schools of his home and then to 1889 Ewing College. He then worked 1891-1893 as a teacher in Franklin County. As a result, he continued his own training continued until 1896 at Ewing College. In 1896 he moved to Marion in Williamson County. He was Justice of the Peace in 1899. After studying law and his 1902 was admitted to the bar, he began practicing in his new profession in Marion. In 1903 he worked for the police department and from 1908 to 1910 he was attorney for the city Marion.

Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party. From 1910 to 1912 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Illinois. 1912 Hill was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he Napoleon B. Thistlewood replaced on March 4, 1913. Since he lost in the elections of 1914 against Edward E. Denison, Hill was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1915.

According to the preliminary end of his time in Congress Hill again worked as a lawyer. In 1918 he moved to Oklahoma City, where he also practiced in his profession. Between 1925 and 1929 he was a deputy district attorney in Oklahoma County; 1931 to 1936 he served as District Judge in the 13th Judicial District of Oklahoma. In the congressional elections of 1936 he was again elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, where he became the successor of Joshua B. Lee on January 3, 1937. But Hill could not finish his two-year term, as he died in October 1937. His seat fell to Gomer Griffith Smith.