Joshua Hill
(10 January, 1812 -- 6 March, 1891) Hill was an American lawyer and politician. Born in Abbeville District, S.C., Hill studied law and was admitted to the bar. Hill was elected by the American Party to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses and served from March 4th, 1857 to January 23rd, 1861. After an unsuccessful run for Governor in 1863, Hill was appointed to various public service roles which he declined. Hill was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate on July 28th, 1868. After Georgia's readmission to representation in Congress, Hill took his seat and served until March 3rd, 1873. Hill returned to Madison, Ga. and practiced law and served as a member of the State Constitutional Convention in 1877. Hill died in Madison, Ga. in 1891. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774- Present', available at http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp]
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