Background
Hill, John was born on July 18, 1800 in New Canton, Virginia, United States.
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Hill, John was born on July 18, 1800 in New Canton, Virginia, United States.
Born in New Canton, Virginia, Hill completed preparatory studies and was graduated from Washington Academy (now Washington and Lee University), Lexington, Virginia, in 1818. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1821.
Hill was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1840 to the Twenty-seventh Congress. Hill then resumed the practice of law.
He worked as a Commonwealth attorney for several years, before becoming county judge of Buckingham County from 1870 to 1879.
He died at Buckingham Court House, Virginia, April 19, 1880. 1839; Hill was elected to the United States. House of Representatives with 54.12% of the vote, defeating Democrat Daniel A. Wilson.
He served as member of the Virginia constitutional convention in 1850–1851.