Joseph_J._Gill

Joseph J. Gill

Joseph J. Gill

American politician

Joseph John Gill (September 21, 1846 – May 22, 1920) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1899 to 1903.

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Biography

Born in Barnesville, Ohio, Gill moved with his parents to Mount Pleasant, Ohio, in 1848. He pursued an academic course and was graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1868. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Jefferson County, Ohio. He subsequently engaged in banking and later in manufacturing and iron mining.

Congress

Gill was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Lorenzo Danford. He was reelected to the Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth Congresses and served from December 4, 1899, until October 31, 1903, when he resigned.[1]

Death

He died in Steubenville, Ohio, May 22, 1920. He was interred in Union Cemetery.

References

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    "S. Doc. 58-1 - Fifty-eighth Congress. (Extraordinary session -- beginning November 9, 1903.) Official Congressional Directory for the use of the United States Congress. Compiled under the direction of the Joint Committee on Printing by A.J. Halford. Special edition. Corrections made to November 5, 1903". GovInfo.gov. U.S. Government Printing Office. 9 November 1903. p. III. Retrieved 2 July 2023.

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