Rick Hill
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Montana's at-large district |
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In office January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Pat Williams |
| Succeeded by | Denny Rehberg |
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December 30, 1946 Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater |
St. Cloud State University Concord University |
Richard "Rick" Hill (born December 30, 1946) is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Montana. He was the Republican candidate for Governor of Montana in 2012.
Hill was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was one of four children and grew up in a one-room apartment in the back of a tire repair shop. At age four Rick was paralyzed by polio. In 1964, he graduated from Aitkin High School in Aitkin, Minnesota. In 1968, he graduated from Saint Cloud State University in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Hill received his Juris Doctor degree in 2005 from the Concord Law School in Los Angeles, California.
He owns a surety bonding company.
He served as Republican precinct committeeman and state committeeman from Lewis and Clark County, Montana; member, served on the board of directors, Montana Science and Technology Alliance; and chaired the Montana State Worker’s Compensation Board from 1993 to 1996.
In 1993, Governor Marc Racicot asked Hill to act as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Montana State Fund, where he worked in a volunteer, unpaid capacity for three years.
In 1996, Hill ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in Montana's At-large congressional district. He won the Republican primary with a plurality of 44% of the vote. In the general election, he defeated Democrat Bill Yellowtail, who had been a Regional Administrator for the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 52%-43%. In November 1998, Hill won re-election to a second term, defeating Democratic nominee Dusty Deschamps 53%-44%.
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