Benjamin Harvey Hill (September 14, 1823 – August 19, 1882) was a U.S. Representative, U.S. senator and a Confederate senator from the state of Alabama. September 14 is the 257th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (258th in leap years). ... 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... August 19 is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The chamber of the United States House of Representatives is located in the south wing of the Capitol building, in Washington, D.C.. This photograph shows a rare glimpse of the four vote tallying boards (the blackish squares across the top), which display each members name and vote as... Seal of the Senate The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ... A U.S. state is any one of the fifty states (four of which officially favor the term commonwealth) which, along with the District of Columbia, form the United States of America. ... Official language(s) English Capital Montgomery Largest city Birmingham Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 30th 52,423 mi²/135,775 km² 190 mi/306 km 330 mi/531 km 3. ...

Biography

Hill was born in Jasper County, Georgia. He attended the University of Georgia and graduated in 1844 with first honors. He was then swiftly admitted to the Georgia bar later in 1844. Image:Jasbone crushin County Georgia. ... The University of Georgia, located approximately 70 miles north-east of Atlanta in Athens, Georgia, is the largest institution of higher learning and research in the State of Georgia. ... 1844 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1844 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

His political life was full, and he ran under the aegis of a remarkable number of parties. He was elected to the state legislature of Geogia in 1851 as a member of the Whig Party. He then supported Millard Filmore running on the Know-Nothing ticket in 1856, and was an elector for that party in the Electoral College. In 1859, we was elected to the state senate as a Unionist. In 1860, he was again an elector, this time for John Bell and the Unionist party. He was a member of the Georgia sucession convention on January 16, 1861, and spoke publicly against the dissolution of the Union there. However, he did later vote for secession. As the Confederate government was formed, he became a member of the Confederate Provisional Congress and was subsequently elected to the Confederate States Senate, a term which he held throughout its existence. 1851 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Whig Party banner from 1848 with candidates Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore. ... Millard Fillmore (January 7, 1800 – March 8, 1874) was the thirteenth President of the United States, serving from 1850 until 1853, and the last member of the Whig Party to hold the nations highest office. ... The Know-Nothing movement was a nativist American political movement of the 1850s. ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... An electoral college is a set of electors who are empowered as a deliberative body to elect someone to a particular office. ... 1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... The word Unionist, simply meaning one espousing a union, has a number of connotations, depending on context: Unionists are people in Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales who were historically in favour of uniting their nations into a United Kingdom, or who in modern times wish their nations to remain part... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... John Bell is a common name. ... The word Unionist, simply meaning one espousing a union, has a number of connotations, depending on context: Unionists are people in Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales who were historically in favour of uniting their nations into a United Kingdom, or who in modern times wish their nations to remain part... January 16 is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Union generally means a organization of formed to conduct an activity. ... The Provisional Confederate Congress was the body which drafted the Confederate Constitution, elected Jefferson Davis President of the Confederacy, and designed the first Confederate flag. ...

At the end of the Civil War, he was arrested by the Union and confined in Fort Lafayette from May until July in 1865. Combatants United States of America Confederate States of America Commanders Abraham Lincoln Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis Robert E. Lee Strength 1,556,678 1,064,200 Casualties KIA: 110,100 Total dead: 359,500 Wounded: 275,200 KIA: 74,500 Total dead: 198,500 Wounded: 137,000+  {{{notes}}} The... Fort Lafayette was an island coastal fortification in New York Harbor, built next to Fort Hamilton at the southern tip of what is now Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York City. ... Look up May in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up July in Wiktionary, the free dictionary July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ...

Unlike many Confederate politicians, he had a long and distinguished career as a "reconstructed" Southerner and U.S. politician. He served as a member of the U. S. House of Representatives from 1875 until 1877, and then as a member of the U. S. Senate from 1877 until his death in 1882. The House of Representatives is the larger of two houses that make up the U.S. Congress, the other being the United States Senate. ... 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

There is a statue of Hill in Atlanta, Georgia. Nickname: The Horizon City, Hotlanta, The Big Peach Motto: Official website: http://www. ...

These are tables of congressional delegations from Georgia to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. ... |Georgia ratified the Constitution on January 2, 1788. ...

References

• Bio at Congress web site
• Further references for above bio
• State of Georgia sculpture web site
• bio at New Georgia encyclopedia
• bio at Famous Americans