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Lister Hill

J. Lister Hill
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United States Senator
from Alabama
In office
January 11, 1938 – January 3, 1969
Preceded by Dixie Bibb Graves
Succeeded by James Allen
7th Majority Whip of the United States Senate
In office
January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1947
Leader Alben W. Barkley
Preceded by Sherman Minton
Succeeded by Kenneth S. Wherry
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare
In office
January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1969
Preceded by Howard Alexander Smith
Succeeded by Ralph Yarborough
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Alabama's 2nd district
In office
August 14, 1923 – January 11, 1938
Preceded by John R. Tyson
Succeeded by George M. Grant
Personal details
Born (1894-12-29)December 29, 1894
Montgomery, Alabama
Died December 20, 1984(1984-12-20) (aged 89)
Montgomery, Alabama
Resting place Greenwood Cemetery in Montgomery, Alabama
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Henrietta Hill
Alma mater

Starke University
University of Alabama
University of Michigan Law School

Columbia University Law School
Religion Methodist
Military service
Allegiance  United States
Service/branch  United States Army
Years of service 1917-1919
Battles/wars World War I

Starke University
University of Alabama
University of Michigan Law School

Joseph Lister Hill (December 29, 1894 – December 20, 1984) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Alabama in the U.S. Congress for more than forty-five years, as both a U.S. Representative (1923–38) and a U.S. Senator (1938–69). During his Senate career, he was active on health-related issues and served as Senate Majority Whip (1941–47). At time of his retirement, Hill was the fourth-most senior Senator.

He was born in Montgomery, the capital of Alabama, on December 29, 1894, the son of one of the South's most distinguished surgeons, Dr. Luther Leonidas Hill. He was named after Dr. Joseph Lister, the father of antiseptic surgery. Following his graduation from Starke University in Montgomery, he entered the University of Alabama at the age of sixteen and graduated four years later with a law degree and a Phi Beta Kappa key. While a student at the University of Alabama, he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon. He also founded the Student Government Association (SGA) and was its first president, the Jasons Senior Men's Honorary (which the University ceased recognizing in 1976 for its all-male policy but still taps forty men each spring on the Franklin Mound), and The Machine (the local chapter of Theta Nu Epsilon).


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