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Benjamin Harvey Hill

Benjamin Harvey Hill
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United States Senator
from Georgia
In office
March 4, 1877 – August 16, 1882
Preceded by Thomas Norwood
Succeeded by Middleton Barrow
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Georgia's 9th district
In office
May 5, 1875 – March 4, 1877
Preceded by Hiram Bell
Succeeded by Hiram Bell
Confederate States Senator
from Georgia
In office
February 18, 1862 – May 10, 1865
Preceded by Position established
Succeeded by Position abolished
Deputy to the C.S. Congress
from Georgia
In office
February 8, 1861 – February 17, 1862
Preceded by Position established
Succeeded by Position abolished
Personal details
Born (1823-09-14)September 14, 1823
Jasper County, Georgia
Died August 16, 1882(1882-08-16) (aged 58)
Gurley, Alabama
Nationality American
Political party Democratic
Other political
affiliations
Whig (Before 1855)
American (1855–1859)
Constitutional Union (1859–1861)
Alma mater University of Georgia

Benjamin Harvey Hill (September 14, 1823 – August 16, 1882) was a U.S. Representative, U.S. senator and a Confederate senator from the state of Georgia.

Hill was born September 14, 1823, in Hillsboro, Georgia, in Jasper County. He was of Welsh and Irish American ancestry. He attended the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, where he was a member of the Demosthenian Literary Society and graduated in 1844 with first honors. He was admitted to the Georgia bar later in 1844. He married Caroline E. Holt in Athens, in 1845.

Hill was a candidate representing a number of parties, reflecting the volatile politics before the American Civil War and after. He was elected to the state legislature of Georgia in 1851 as a member of the Whig Party. He supported Millard Fillmore running on the Know-Nothing ticket in 1856, and was an elector for that party in the Electoral College. In 1857, he ran for governor of Georgia unsuccessfully against the Democratic nominee Joseph E. Brown. In 1859, he was elected to the state senate as a Unionist. In 1860, he was again an elector, this time for John Bell and the Unionist party.


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