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See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
HILL, See also:DAVID See also:BENNETT (1843–1910) , See also:American politician, was See also:born at See also:Havana, New See also:York, on the 29th of See also:August 1843. In 1862 he removed to See also:Elmira, New York, where in 1864 he was admitted to the See also:bar. He at once became active in the affairs of the Democratic party, attracting the See also:attention of See also:Samuel J. See also:Tilden, one of whose shrewdest and ablest lieutenants he became. In 1871 and 1872 he was a member of the New York See also:State' See also:Assembly, and in 1877 and again in 1881 presided over the Democratic State See also:Convention. In 1382 he was elected See also:mayor of Elmira, and in the same See also:year was chosen See also:lieutenant-See also:governor of the state, having been defeated for nomination as governor by Grover See also:Cleveland. In See also:January 1885, however, Cleveland having resigned to become See also:president, 1-fill became governor, and in See also:November was elected for a three-year See also:term, and subsequently re-elected. In 1891–1897 he was a member of the See also:United States See also:Senate. During these years, and in 1892, when he tried to get the presidential nomination, he was prominent in working against Cleveland. In 1896 he opposed the See also:free See also:silver See also:plank in the See also:platform adopted by the Democratic See also:National Convention which nominated W. J. See also:Bryan; in the National Convention of 'goo, however, the free-silver issue having been subordinated to See also:anti-imperialism, he seconded Bryan's nomination. After 1897 he devoted himself to his See also:law practice, and in 19o5 retired from politics. He died in See also:Albany on the 3oth of See also:October 191o.
End of Article: HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
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