Robert R. Hitt

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

Career

In 1837, Robert Hitt came with his parents to Mount Morris, Illinois, where he later Mount Morris College attended the Rock River Seminary. He then studied at DePauw University in Greencastle (Indiana). Hitt was known for his shorthand skills. He was a friend and political assistant to the later U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. As this was also Hitt member of the Republican Party. In 1871 he was private secretary to U.S. Senator Oliver P. Morton. Between 1874 and 1881 he worked at the American Embassy in Paris in the diplomatic service. Between May and December 1881, he served as Assistant Secretary of State and thus as Deputy Secretary of State James G. Blaine of; he followed in this office on John Hay.

After the death of Congressman Robert Hitt Hawk was at the due election for the fifth seat from Illinois as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on November 7, 1882. After twelve elections he could remain until his death on September 20, 1906 in Congress. Between 1893 and 1895 he represented there since 1895, the sixth and the ninth constituency of his state. In his time as a deputy of the Spanish-American War of 1898 fell. From 1889 to 1891 and again from 1895 to 1897 he headed the Foreign Affairs Committee. Since 1893, he served as Regent board member of the Smithsonian Institution. In 1898 he was a member of a Commission which was entrusted with the establishment of the American administration on the straight annexed Hawaii.

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