DAVID

See also:

• BENNETT, CHARLES EDWIN (1858- )
• BENNETT, JAMES GORDON (1794-1872)
• BENNETT, JOHN
• BENNETT, JOHN HUGHES (1812–1875)
• BENNETT, SIR WILLIAM STERNDALE (1816-1875)

BENNETT

See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• DAVID BENNETT HILL (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

HILL (1843–1910)  , American politician, was born at Havana, New York, on the 29th of August 1843 . In 1862 he removed to Elmira, New York, where in 1864 he was admitted to the bar . He at once became active in the affairs of the Democratic party, attracting the attention of Samuel J . Tilden, one of whose shrewdest and ablest lieutenants he became . In 1871 and 1872 he was a member of the New York State' Assembly, and in 1877 and again in 1881 presided over the Democratic State Convention . In 1382 he was elected mayor of Elmira, and in the same year was chosen lieutenant-governor of the state, having been defeated for nomination as governor by Grover Cleveland . In January 1885, however, Cleveland having resigned to become president, 1-fill became governor, and in November was elected for a three-year term, and subsequently re-elected . In 1891–1897 he was a member of the United States Senate . During these years, and in 1892, when he tried to get the presidential nomination, he was prominent in working against Cleveland . In 1896 he opposed the free silver plank in the platform adopted by the Democratic National Convention which nominated W . J . Bryan; in the National Convention of 'goo, however, the free-silver issue having been subordinated to anti-imperialism, he seconded Bryan's nomination .

After 1897 he devoted himself to his

law practice, and in 19o5 retired from politics . He died in Albany on the 3oth of October 191o .