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James Ewing Hill Full Name: James Ewing Hill Date of birth: November 4, 1837 Date of death: October 13, 1916 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 2 Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885 18th (1)   Democrat Livingston / Polk   Polk, San Jacinto H 2 Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883 17th (2) (3)   Democrat Livingston / Polk   Polk, San Jacinto, Tyler (1) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883. (2) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News. (3) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches HILL, JAMES EWING (1837-1916). Elected as a democrat to the 17th and 18th Legislatures. Handbook of Texas Online. Biographical sketch, p. 249. Birth date 11/4/1847. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883. Military Service Notes Confederate States Army, First Lieutenant, Company G, 22nd Texas Infantry. Military grave marker, James Ewing Hill. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002. Other Resources Census of 1870 - James E. Hill, Livingston, Texas, age 32, birthplace Tennessee, school teaching. FamilySearch. James Ewing Hill (1837-1916), portrait, burial in Forest Hill Cemetery, Livingston, Polk County. Find a Grave. Buried in Forest Hill Cemetery in Livingston, TX. RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service. Photographs Photograph. J.E. Hill, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. J.E. Hill, 17th Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board. 17th session composite photo of House members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Committee Informationtop 18th R.S. - 1883 Constitutional Amendments   Judicial Districts   Judiciary No. 2 (Chair)  17th R.S. - 1881 Congressional Districts (Chair)  Congressional Districts, Apportionment (Co-Chair)  Constitutional Amendments   County Governments and County Finances   Insurance and Statistics   Judiciary No. 1   Judiciary No. 2

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