John Fremont Hill
John Fremont Hill | |
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Governor of Maine | |
| In office January 2, 1901 – January 4, 1905 | |
| Preceded by | Llewellyn Powers |
| Succeeded by | William T. Cobb |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Fremont Hill October 29, 1855 Eliot, Maine, U.S. |
| Died | March 16, 1912 (aged 56) Bar Harbor, Maine, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Lizzie Vickery (1880–1893) Laura Coleman Ligget (1897–1940) |
| Education | Medical School of Maine (MD) |
John Fremont Hill (October 29, 1855 – March 16, 1912) was an American businessman and politician. He served in a number of positions in Maine government, including as the
45th Governor of Maine
from 1901 to 1905.
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Hill was born in
Long Island College Hospital Medical School
, but practiced medicine only a year. In 1879 he became a member of the law firm (later a publishing house) of J.F. Hill & Co. in Augusta, Maine. He was active in many railroad, steamship, telephone, and banking enterprises.
He was best known as a
chairman in 1911–1912, of the Republican National Committee
.
Personal
Dr. Hill married Lizzie G. Vickery, daughter of the Hon. Peleg O. Vickery, on May 19, 1880. They had one child, Percy Vickery Hill, born on March 16, 1881. Lizzie died on April 10, 1893. Dr. Hill later married Laura Ligget, née Colman, widow of Hiriam S. Liggett, and daughter of former Secretary of Agriculture
Norman Jay Coleman, on April 25, 1897.[3] They had one daughter, Katharine Langdon Hill.[4] Hill died in Eliot, Maine
.
Sources
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.)
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References
- ^ Political Graveyard website
- ^ "Old Eliot: A Monthly Magazine of the History and Biography of the Upper Parish of Kittery, Now Eliot". 1901.
- ^ Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens of the State of Maine. New England Historical Publishing Company. 1903 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Katherine Hill Merrill". Biddeford-Saco Journal. 23 April 1962. p. 2. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
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