Louis G. Hill

Louis G. Hill
Member of the Pennsylvania Senate
from the 36th district
In office
January 7, 1969 – January 8, 1978[1]
Preceded byStanley Stroup
Succeeded byThomas McCormack
Personal details
Born(1924-03-10)March 10, 1924
Palm Beach, Florida
DiedJuly 13, 2013(2013-07-13) (aged 89)
Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania
Alma materHarvard University (1944)
University of Pennsylvania Law School (1949)

Louis G. Hill (March 10, 1924 – July 13, 2013) was a former member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, serving from 1967 to 1978.[2] He was born in 1924 in Palm Beach, Florida to Crawford and Ann Kaufman Hill.[3]

In 1975 he ran in the Democratic primary for Mayor of Philadelphia against incumbent Frank Rizzo and lost.

He was elected Judge in the Philadelphia Municipal Court in 1978 and then to the Court of Common Pleas serving from 1980-1998.

He died on July 13, 2013, at a nursing home, after suffering from Alzheimer's disease.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ Cox, Harold (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 1977-1978" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
  2. ^ Cox, Harold. "Senate Members H". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
  3. ^ The Pennsylvania Manual. 1977. Retrieved 2014-11-17.
  4. ^ "Louis G. Hill | Chestnut Hill Local Philadelphia PA". Archived from the original on 2013-11-01. Retrieved 2014-11-17.
  5. ^ "LOUIS G. HILL Obituary: View LOUIS HILL's Obituary by New York Times". legacy.com. Retrieved 2014-11-17.
  6. ^ "Louis G. Hill, 89; lawmaker, judge, Rizzo challenger - Philly.com". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on November 14, 2013. Retrieved 2014-11-17.