J. Lister Hill
J. Lister Hill | |
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Howard Alexander Smith | |
Succeeded by | Ralph Yarborough |
Senate Majority Whip | |
In office January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1947 | |
Leader | Alben W. Barkley |
Preceded by | Sherman Minton |
Succeeded by | Kenneth S. Wherry |
United States Senator from Alabama | |
In office January 11, 1938 – January 3, 1969 | |
Preceded by | Dixie Bibb Graves |
Succeeded by | James Allen |
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 | Joseph Lister Hill December 29, 1894 Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. |
Died | December 20, 1984 (aged 89) Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Henrietta McCormick |
Children | 2 |
Education | University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (BA, LLB) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Columbia University |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Branch/service | United States Army |
Years of service | 1917–1919 |
Battles/wars | World War I |
Joseph Lister Hill (December 29, 1894 – December 20, 1984) was an American attorney and Democratic Party politician who represented Alabama in the United States House of Representatives from 1923 to 1938 and United States Senate from 1938 to 1969.
As Senator, Hill was active on health-related issues and served as
Early years
Hill was born in
He also studied law at the
Political life
Hill was elected on August 14, 1923, as U.S. representative from
During
A moderate-to-liberal
He sponsored other important legislation, including the Rural Telephone Act, the Rural Housing Act, the Vocational Education Act, and the National Defense Education Act of 1958. "Hill also used his position and his persistence in improving conditions in rural areas to allot federal funds for rural libraries. For a decade, he worked to provide library service to those with no or inadequate facilities"[5] and was instrumental in passing the Library Services Act which ensured federal funding to support development of libraries in rural areas and dramatically changed the landscape of libraries in terms of viability, sustainability, and quality.
In 1954, Hill signed "
In 1956 he was honored by the American Library Association for his support of the Library Services Act.[8]
However, Hill was as much a national figure as a representative of Alabama and the South. During his long years in the Congress, he would, from time to time, break with his southern colleagues to follow his own conscience. For example, in opposition to most southerners in the Congress, he favored federal control of offshore oil, with revenue to be earmarked for education.
Hill was the Senate Majority Whip from 1941 to 1947. He was Chairman of the Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee, which handled important legislation on veterans education, health, hospitals, libraries, and labor-management relations. He was a ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and a member of the Senate Democratic Policy Committee.
In the 1950s, Hill criticized
On September 4, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Nurse Training Act of 1964, naming Hill as one of the Members of Congress who pioneered the legislation.[10]
1962 campaign
In 1962, Hill sought his last term in office but faced an unusually strong
Hill pledged to seek renewed funding for the
The 1962 midterm elections were overshadowed by the
Despite the postwar bipartisan consensus for
The Hill-Martin race drew considerable national attention. The liberal columnist
Hill defeated Martin by 6,019 votes, 201,937 (50.9 percent) to 195,134 (49.1 percent). Turnout dropped sharply in 1962 compared to 1960, when presidential electors dominated the ballot, and the state split between
Later life
In 1969, Hill was awarded the
Hill retired from the Senate in 1969, and was succeeded by fellow Democrat
His great-grandson, Joseph Lister Hubbard, is a former member of the Alabama House of Representatives from District 73 in Montgomery, holding office between 2010 and 2014. He was also the Democratic nominee for Attorney General of Alabama in the 2014 elections.[21]
References
- ^ "Voteview | Plot Vote: 77th Congress > Senate > 79".
- ^ American Profiles on Capitol Hill: A Confidential Study for the British Foreign Office in 1943 by Thomas E. Hachey - The Wisconsin Magazine of History - Vol. 57, No. 2 (Winter, 1973-1974), pp. 141-153
- ^ "Voteview | Plot Vote: 77th Congress > Senate > 84".
- ^ http://voteview.uga.edu/ftp/junkord/SL01113D21_BSSE.DAT
- PMID 11838452.
- ^ "HR. 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957. -- Senate Vote #75 -- Aug 7, 1957". GovTrack.us. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
- ^ "HR. 7152. PASSAGE. -- GovTrack.us".
- ^ Holley EG, Schremser RF. The Library Services and Construction Act: an historical overview from the viewpoint of major participants. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1983.
- ^ Billy Hathorn, "James Douglas Martin and the Alabama Republican Resurgence, 1962–1965", Gulf Coast Historical Review, Vol. 8, No. 2 (Spring 1993), p. 55
- ^ "557 - Remarks Upon Signing the Nurse Training Act of 1964". American Presidency Project. September 4, 1964.
- ^ "James Douglas Martin and the Alabama Republican Resurgence," p. 55
- The Mobile Register, October 2, 25 and 27, 1962; Walter Dean Burnham, "The Alabama Senatorial Election of 1962: Return of Inter-Party Competition," Journal of Politics, 26 (November 1964), p. 811
- ^ Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report, October 12, 1962, p. 1832; Mobile Register, October 24, 1962; The Huntsville Times October 26 and November 2, 1962
- ^ The New York Times, November 7, 1962, p. 44
- ^ Mobile Register, October 26, 30, and November 1, 1962; Alexander P. Lamis, The Two-Party South (New York, 1984), p. 77.
- ^ The Huntsville Times, October 24, 1962
- ^ The New York Times, October 31, 1962, p. 14
- ^ State of Alabama, Secretary of State, General election returns, November 6, 1962
- ^ "Public Welfare Award". National Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on December 29, 2010. Retrieved February 18, 2011.
- ^ "What's the origin of your town's name?". Times Daily. June 3, 2006. pp. 4A. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
- Tuscaloosa News. Retrieved April 30, 2014.
External links
- The Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
- The Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
- Lister Hill article, Encyclopedia of Alabama
- United States Congress. "J. Lister Hill (id: H000598)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.