John Fremont Hill

John Fremont Hill
Chair of the Republican National Committee
In office
March 5, 1909 – March 16, 1912
Acting: March 5, 1909 – December 12, 1911
Preceded byFrank Hitchcock
Succeeded byVictor Rosewater
45th Governor of Maine
In office
January 2, 1901 – January 4, 1905
Preceded byLlewellyn Powers
Succeeded byWilliam T. Cobb
Personal details
Born
John Fremont Hill

(1855-10-29)October 29, 1855
Eliot, Maine, U.S.
DiedMarch 16, 1912(1912-03-16) (aged 56)
Bar Harbor, Maine, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Lizzie Vickery (1880–1893)
Laura Coleman Ligget (1897–1940)
EducationMedical 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. [1]

Hill was born in Eliot, Maine, the son of Miriam (Leighton) and William Hill.[2] He graduated from the Medical School of Maine (Bowdoin College) in 1877 and completed his residency at the 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 Republican politician, serving as a member of the Maine House of Representatives in 1888–92, of the Maine Senate from 1892 to 1896, and of the Executive Council in 1898–1899; and he was the 45th Governor of Maine from 1901 to 1905. He was acting chairman in 1908–1911, and chairman in 1911–1912, of the Republican National Committee.

  1. ^ Political Graveyard website
  2. ^ "Old Eliot: A Monthly Magazine of the History and Biography of the Upper Parish of Kittery, Now Eliot". 1901.