William S. Hill
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William Silas Hill was a U.S. Representative
from Colorado
.
Born in Kelly, Kansas, Hill attended the public schools, Kansas State Normal at Emporia, and Colorado State College of Agriculture at Fort Collins.
Homesteaded near Cheyenne Wells, Colorado
from 1907 to 1915.
Superintendent of Cache la Poudre Consolidated School of Larimer County, Colorado
from 1919 to 1922.
Secretary of the Colorado State Farm Bureau in 1923.
He served in the State house of representatives 1924-1926.
He engaged in the mercantile business at Fort Collins, Colorado
from 1927 to 1953.
Hill was elected as a Republican
to the Seventy-seventh
and to the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1941-January 3, 1959).
He served as chairman of the Select Committee on Small Business (Eighty-third
Congress).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1958 to the Eighty-sixth
Congress.
He retired in 1958 and operated a farm southwest of Fort Collins until 1969.
He served as delegate to Republican National Convention in 1964.
He died in Fort Collins, Colorado
, August 28, 1972.
He was interred in Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins
.
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
from Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
.
Born in Kelly, Kansas, Hill attended the public schools, Kansas State Normal at Emporia, and Colorado State College of Agriculture at Fort Collins.
Homesteaded near Cheyenne Wells, Colorado
Cheyenne Wells, Colorado
Cheyenne Wells is a Statutory Town that is the county seat and most populous town of Cheyenne County, Colorado, United States. The population was 1,010 at the 2000 census.J. L...
from 1907 to 1915.
Superintendent of Cache la Poudre Consolidated School of Larimer County, Colorado
Larimer County, Colorado
Larimer County is the seventh most populous and the ninth most extensive of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. The county is located at the northern end of the Front Range, at the edge of the Colorado Eastern Plains along the border with Wyoming...
from 1919 to 1922.
Secretary of the Colorado State Farm Bureau in 1923.
He served in the State house of representatives 1924-1926.
He engaged in the mercantile business at Fort Collins, Colorado
Fort Collins, Colorado
Fort Collins is a Home Rule Municipality situated on the Cache La Poudre River along the Colorado Front Range, and is the county seat and most populous city of Larimer County, Colorado, United States. Fort Collins is located north of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. With a 2010 census...
from 1927 to 1953.
Hill was elected as a Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
to the Seventy-seventh
77th United States Congress
-Major events:* December 7, 1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor* December 8, 1941: Joint Session of Congress met to hear President Roosevelt deliver his "Day of Infamy" speech...
and to the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1941-January 3, 1959).
He served as chairman of the Select Committee on Small Business (Eighty-third
83rd United States Congress
The Eighty-third United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from January 3, 1953 to January 3, 1955, during the first two years...
Congress).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1958 to the Eighty-sixth
86th United States Congress
The Eighty-sixth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from January 3, 1959 to January 3, 1961, during the last two years...
Congress.
He retired in 1958 and operated a farm southwest of Fort Collins until 1969.
He served as delegate to Republican National Convention in 1964.
He died in Fort Collins, Colorado
Fort Collins, Colorado
Fort Collins is a Home Rule Municipality situated on the Cache La Poudre River along the Colorado Front Range, and is the county seat and most populous city of Larimer County, Colorado, United States. Fort Collins is located north of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. With a 2010 census...
, August 28, 1972.
He was interred in Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins
Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins
Grandview Cemetery is a cemetery in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado.The land for the cemetery was purchased in 1887; at the time it was west of the city limits of Fort Collins...
.