Rick Hill
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Rick Hill | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Montana's At-large district |
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In office January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2001 |
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Preceded by | Pat Williams |
Succeeded by | Denny Rehberg |
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Born | Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. |
December 30, 1946
Political party | Republican |
Alma mater | St. Cloud State University Concord University |
Richard "Rick" Hill (born December 30, 1946) is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Montana.[1] He was the Republican candidate for Governor of Montana in 2012.[2]
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Early life, education, and business career
Hill was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was one of four children and grew up in a one-room apartment in the back of a tire repair shop. At age four Rick was paralyzed by polio. In 1964, he graduated from Aitkin High School in Aitkin, Minnesota. In 1968, he graduated from Saint Cloud State University in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Hill received his Juris Doctor degree in 2005 from the Concord Law School in Los Angeles, California.[1]
He owns a surety bonding company.[citation needed]
Early political career
He served as Republican precinct committeeman and state committeeman from Lewis and Clark County, Montana; member, served on the board of directors, Montana Science and Technology Alliance; and chaired the Montana State Worker’s Compensation Board from 1993-1996.[1]
In 1993 Governor Marc Racicot asked Hill to act as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Montana State Fund, where he worked in a volunteer, unpaid capacity for three years.[citation needed]
U.S. House of Representatives
Elections
In 1996, Hill ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in Montana's At-large congressional district.[1] He won the Republican primary with a plurality of 44% of the vote. In the general election, he defeated Democrat Bill Yellowtail, who had been a Regional Administrator for the United States Environmental Protection Agency,[3] 52%-43%.[4] In November 1998, Hill won re-election to a second term, defeating Democratic nominee Dusty Deschamps 53%-44%.[5]
In 2000, Hill decided not to run for re-election to a third term, citing vision problems, which were subsequently corrected. The election was won by Republican nominee Denny Rehberg, who defeated Nancy Keenan,[6] a three-term State School Superintendent.[7]
Tenure
Between 1997 and 2000, Hill sponsored 32 bills, of which 22 did not made it out of committee and four were passed into law by Congress.[8] He voted with the Republican party 91% of the time.[9]
Committee assignments
Hill served on the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources.[10]
2012 gubernatorial election
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In November 2010, he announced he would run for Governor of Montana in 2012.[11] He chose State Senator Jon Sonju as his running mate.[12] He lost to Democrat Steve Bullock.[13]
Personal life
In May 1976, Hill filed for divorce from his first wife, Mary Hill (née Spaulding), after having an affair with another woman. In 1980, after the couple failed to reconcile, Spaulding filed for divorce and Hill obtained custody of the three children.[14][15][16] He married his second wife, Betti, in 1983.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Rick Hill at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved April 24, 2011
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United States House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Montana's At-large congressional district 1997–2001 |
Succeeded by Denny Rehberg |
Party political offices | ||
Preceded by | Republican nominee for Governor of Montana 2012 |
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