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Benjamin Harvey Hill Sr.

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Born: September 14, 1823

Birthplace: Hillsboro, Jasper County, Georgia

Father: John J. Hill 1785 – 1848
(Buried: Hill Family Cemetery, Long Cane, Georgia)​

Mother: Sarah Elizabeth Parham 1790 – 1854
(Buried: Hill Family Cemetery, Long Cane, Georgia)​

Wife: Caroline Elizabeth Holt 1825 – 1904
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)​

Children:

Judge Benjamin Harvey Hill Jr. 1849 – 1922​
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)​
Emily Leila Hill Ridley 1851 – 1883​
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)​
Charles Dougherty Hill 1852 – 1910​
(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)​
John Thomas Hill 1854 – 1857​
(Buried: Hill Family Cemetery, Long Cane, Georgia)​

Political Party: Whig Party, Know Nothing Party, Constitutional Union Party, Democratic Party

Education:
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1844: Graduated from University of Georgia
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Occupation before War:

1844 – 1861: Attorney in LaGrange, Georgia​
1851: Georgia State Representative​
1859 – 1860: Georgia State Senator​

Civil War Career:

Actively opposed Secession of Georgia​
1861: Member of Georgia State Secession Convention​
1861 – 1862: George Delegate Confederate Provisional Congress​
1862 – 1865: Confederate States Senator from Georgia​
1862 – 1865: Chairman of Senate Judiciary Committee​
1862 – 1865: Member of Senate Patents Committee​
1862 – 1864: Member of Senate Printing Committee​
1862 – 1864: Member of Congress Joint Printing Committee​
1862: Member of Senate Naval Affairs Committee​
Known as Champion of Strong government in Congress.​
He worked to establish a supreme court and powerful court of claims​
He refused to interfere with prerogatives of the Commander–in–chief​
One of two senators who opposed the creation of the office of General–in–Chief for Robert E. Lee​
He often disagreed with the Confederate War Department.​
He opposed conscription on principal but later went before Georgia state legislature to defend it.​
1865: Arrested by the United States Army spending three months at Fort Lafayette he was paroled by President Andrew Johnson.​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1875: Attorney in LaGrange, Georgia​
1875 – 1877: United States Congressman from Georgia​
1875 – 1877: Member of House Ways and Means Committee​
1877 – 1882: United States Senator from Georgia​
1877 – 1879: Member of Senate Mines and Mining Committee​
1879 – 1882: Member of Senate Foreign Relations Committee​
1879 – 1881: Chairman Senate Audit and Control of Expenses​

Died: August 16, 1882

Place of Death: Atlanta, Georgia

Age at time of Death: 58 years old

Burial Place: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia
 
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Said to have gotten into a bloody scuffle with senator William L. Yancey on the Confederate Senate floor.
Even though it was Yancey who was assaulted by Hill, Yancey is the one who was censured. Hill hit Yancey in the head with a glass inkstand, knocked him over a desk,and onto the floor. The incident was kept secret for several months.
 
He's my first cousin six times removed.

He was first cousin once removed to Gen. Benjamin J. Hill.
 
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