French Hill (politician)

French Hill
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Arkansas's 2nd district
Assumed office
January 3, 2015
Preceded by Tim Griffin
Personal details
Born James French Hill
(1956-12-05) December 5, 1956
Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Martha McKenzie
Children 2
Education Vanderbilt University (BS)
Website House website

James French Hill (born December 5, 1956) is an American politician who is the U.S. Representative for Arkansas's 2nd congressional district. He was elected in 2014 and took office on January 3, 2015.

Early life and education

Hill graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in economics from Vanderbilt University.[1] He pledged the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and served as president. He later attended the UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management where he earned a certified corporate director designation.[2]

Career

President George H. W. Bush with French and Martha Hill.

Hill served as executive secretary to President George H. W. Bush’s Economic Policy Council and as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Corporate Finance.[3]

Hill founded and was the CEO and chairman of the Board Delta Trust and Banking Corporation in Little Rock until its acquisition by Simmons First Bank in 2014.[4]

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

2014

Hill decided to run for the 2nd district U.S. House seat after fellow Republican Tim Griffin decided instead to run for lieutenant governor. Hill then defeated Democrat Pat Hays, the mayor of North Little Rock,[5] 52 to 44 percent.[6]

2016

Hill was renominated in the Republican primary over Brock Olree of Searcy (White County) and was reelected with 58% of the vote against former Little Rock School District Board President Dianne Curry, a Democrat, and Libertarian nominee Chris Hayes of North Little Rock.

Committee assignments

Caucus memberships

Tenure

As of September 2018, Hill had voted with his party 95% of the time in the current session of Congress and voted in line with President Trump's position 96.6% of the time.[10][11]

On May 4, 2017, Hill voted to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and pass the American Health Care Act.[12][13]

Hill voted in support of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.[14]

Personal life

A ninth-generation Arkansan and Roman Catholic,[15] Hill resides in Little Rock. He and his wife, Martha McKenzie, have two children.

Electoral history

Arkansas 2nd Congressional District Republican Primary Election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican French Hill 29,916 55.08
Republican Ann Clemmer 12,400 22.83
Republican Conrad Reynolds 11,994 22.08
Arkansas 2nd Congressional District Election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican French Hill 123,073 51.86
Democratic Patrick Henry Hays 103,477 43.60
Libertarian Debbie Standiford 10,590 4.46
Write-ins Write-ins 190 0.08
Arkansas 2nd Congressional District Republican Primary Election, 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican French Hill (inc.) 86,474 84.54
Republican Brock Olree 15,811 15.46
Arkansas 2nd Congressional District Election, 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican French Hill (inc.) 176,472 58.34
Democratic Dianne Curry 111,347 36.81
Libertarian Chris Hayes 14,342 4.74
Write-ins Write-ins 303 0.1

References

  1. ↑ Burnett, Lisa (May 20, 2014). "Hill gets GOP nod for District 2". Arkansas Online. ,
  2. ↑ "J. French Hill – 40 Under 40 – 1996". ArkansasBusiness.com. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  3. ↑ "2013 SMEI Arkansas Top Manager of the Year Award". SMEI.org. Sales and Marketing Executives International, Inc. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
  4. ↑ Friedman, Mark; Turner, Lance (March 24, 2014). "Simmons First to Buy Delta Trust for $66M". ArkansasBusiness.com. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
  5. ↑ "GOP's French Hill wins US House seat in Arkansas". Associated Press. November 4, 2014. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Arkansas House results – 2014 Election Center – Elections and Politics from CNN.com". CNN. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Membership". Congressional Arts Caucus. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Member List". Republican Study Committee. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Our Members". U.S. House of Representatives International Conservation Caucus. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  10. ↑ Bycoffe, Aaron (2017-01-30). "Tracking J. French Hill In The Age Of Trump". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  11. ↑ Willis, Derek. "Represent". ProPublica. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  12. ↑ "How the House voted to pass the GOP health-care bill". Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
  13. ↑ "How every member voted on health care bill". CNN. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
  14. ↑ Almukhtar, Sarah (December 19, 2017). "How Each House Member Voted on the Tax Bill". The New York Times. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
  15. ↑ "Arkansas–2: J. French Hill (R)". Nationaljournal.com. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Tim Griffin		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Arkansas's 2nd congressional district
2015–present		 Incumbent
Current U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded by
Jody Hice
R-Georgia		 United States Representatives by seniority
333rd		 Succeeded by
Will Hurd
R-Texas
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