Joshua Hill (politician)
Joshua Hill | |
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United States Senator from Georgia | |
In office February 1, 1871 – March 3, 1873 | |
Preceded by | Alfred Iverson, Sr. |
Succeeded by | John B. Gordon |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 7th district | |
In office March 4, 1857 – January 23, 1861 | |
Preceded by | Nathaniel G. Foster |
Succeeded by | District inactive |
Personal details | |
Born |
Abbeville, South Carolina | January 10, 1812
Died |
March 6, 1891 79) Madison, Georgia | (aged
Political party | Republican |
Joshua Hill (January 10, 1812 – March 6, 1891) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from the state of Georgia.
He was born in South Carolina but later moved to Georgia and became a lawyer. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives from Georgia in 1857 as a member of the American Party (also called the Know-Nothing Party). He was re-elected in 1859. He resigned on January 23, 1861, while the other members of the state's delegation simply withdrew shortly after the state convention passed an ordinance of secession in Georgia. Following the end of the Civil War, he was elected to the United States Senate from Georgia as a Republican in 1867. However, he did not serve in the Senate until 1871 when Georgia was readmitted to the United States. He served in the Senate until the end of his term in 1873 and did not run for reelection. He resumed the practice of law and died in Madison, Georgia. During the Civil War, General William Tecumseh Sherman, a friend of Hill, did not burn Madison, Georgia on his "March to the Sea".
Hill became the first Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Georgia. Soon afterwards, Reconstruction ended, and Georgia would not elect another Republican to the Senate until Mack Mattingly in 1980.
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U.S. House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by Nathaniel G. Foster |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 7th congressional district March 4, 1857 – January 23, 1861 |
Succeeded by vacant1 |
U.S. Senate | ||
Preceded by vacant2 |
U.S. Senator (Class 3) from Georgia February 1, 1871 – March 3, 1873 Served alongside: Homer V. M. Miller, Thomas M. Norwood |
Succeeded by John B. Gordon |
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1. Because of Georgia's secession from the Union in 1861, seat was vacant from 1861 to 1868, before Pierce M. B. Young was elected to the seat. 2. Because of Georgia's secession from the Union in 1861, seat was vacant from 1861 to 1871, after Alfred Iverson, Sr. withdrew from the Senate. |