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), burial in Forest Hill Cemetery, Livingston, Polk County. Includes portraits, obituary. Find a Grave.

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 Information top

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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