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J.E. Hill

James Ewing Hill

Full Name: James Ewing Hill
Date of birth: November 4, 1837
Date of death: October 13, 1916

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 2 Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885 18th (1)   Democrat Livingston / Polk   Polk, San Jacinto
H 2 Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883 17th (2) (3)   Democrat Livingston / Polk   Polk, San Jacinto, Tyler

Terms of service footnotes


(1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.
(2) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
(3) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
18th (1)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Livingston / Polk
Counties in district:
Polk, San Jacinto

Legislatures:
17th (2) (3)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Livingston / Polk
Counties in district:
Polk, San Jacinto, Tyler

Terms of service notes


(1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.
(2) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
(3) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.

Biographical Information

  • Confederate States Army, 1st Lieutenant, Company G, 22nd Texas Infantry. Military grave marker, James Ewing Hill. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.

  • Census of 1870 - James E. Hill, Livingston, Texas, age 32, birthplace Tennessee, school teaching. FamilySearch.
  • James Ewing Hill (1837-1916), portraits, obituary, burial in Forest Hill Cemetery, Livingston, Polk County. Find a Grave.

  • Photograph. J.E. Hill, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. J.E. Hill, 17th Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission

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