Biography

01/18/1836 - 01/11/1891

DILL, Andrew Hemphill, a Representative from Lycoming, Snyder and Union Counties; born, January 18, 1836 in Hereford, Baltimore County, Md.; A.M., Dickinson College, 1855; first lieutenant, Company C, 3rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Emergency Militia (1862, Civil War); first lieutenant, Company F, 28th Regiment, Pennsylvania Emergency Militia (1863, Civil War); teacher; lawyer, Issiah Dill law, Huntersville, Al. (2 years); partner, Billmyer, Dill and Co., boat manufacturers (1865-1880); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1870 term, not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1871 term; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1871-1878); unsuccessful campaign,, Pennsylvania Governor (1878); partner, Dill, Watson, and Co., lumber and boat manufacturers; chair, Democratic State Committee (1880); appointed, United States Marshall, Eastern Pennsylvania (1887-1891); died, January 11, 1891 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Lewisburg Cemetery, Lewisburg, Union County, Pennsylvania.