UCLA Presents voteview.com beta 3

Welcome! We have just updated Voteview's aging codebase. In the process, we have fixed some nagging issues, added a few new features, and improved performance. If you notice anything that used to work that no longer does, please let us know.

HILL, Benjamin Harvey (1823-1882)

Democrat of Georgia

0th congressional district

Served in Senate 1877-1883

Served in House 1875-1877

Total roll-call votes cast: 1,150

Biography

Representative and a Senator from Georgia; born in Hillsborough, Jasper County, Ga., September 14, 1823; pursued classical studies and graduated from the University of Georgia at Athens in 1844; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1844 and commenced practice in Lagrange, Troup County, Ga.; member, State house of representatives 1851; member, State senate 1859-1860; actively opposed disunion until the secession ordinance had been adopted; delegate to the Confederate Provisional Congress in 1861; senator in the Confederate Congress 1861-1865; arrested at the close of the Civil War and eventually paroled; resumed the practice of law; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative-elect Garnett McMillan; reelected to the Forty-fifth Congress and served from May 5, 1875, until his resignation, effective March 3, 1877; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1877, until his death in Atlanta, Ga., August 16, 1882; chairman, Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expense (Forty-sixth Congress); interment in Oakland Cemetery.
Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Sorting votes