Rees Hill
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Sessions
| Sessions | Office | Position | District | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810-1811 | Representative | Republican | ||
| 1811-1812 | Representative | Republican | ||
| 1812-1813 | Representative | Democratic-Republican | ||
| 1813-1814 | Representative | Democratic-Republican | ||
| 1814-1815 | Representative | Democratic-Republican | ||
| 1815-1816 | Representative | Speaker | Democratic-Republican | |
| 1816-1817 | Representative | Speaker | Democratic-Republican | |
| 1817-1818 | Representative | Democrat | ||
| 1818-1819 | Representative | Speaker | Democrat | |
| 1819-1820 | Representative | Democrat | ||
| Counties | Greene | |||
Biography
04/15/1776 - 11/24/1852
HILL, Rees, a Representative from Greene County; born, April 15, 1776 in Virginia; colonel, 147th Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia (1813, War of 1812); aide-de-camp, Governor William Findlay (1818); merchant; unsuccessful campaign, sheriff, Greene County (1805, 1808); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1810-1811 and 1811-1812 terms; reelected to the House as a Democratic-Republican for the 1812-1813, 1814-1815, 1815-1816 and 1816-1817 terms; reelected to the House as a Democrat for the 1817-1818, 1818-1819 and 1819-1820 terms; elected, Speaker of the House (1815-1817, 1818-1819); elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1820-1824); unsuccessful campaign, Governor of Pennsylvania (1823); unsuccessful campaign, United States Senate (1824); died, November 24, 1852 in Frederick County, Virginia; interred, Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Winchester City, Virginia.