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Line 1: {{Short description\|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates\|date=November 2011}} {{Infobox ~~Governor~~officeholder \|name= Rees Hill \|image= Line 18 ⟶ 19: \|term_end3= 1819 \|predecessor3= [[William Davidson (Pennsylvania representative)\|William Davidson]] \|successor3= [[Joseph Lawrence (Pennsylvania politician)\|Joseph Lawrence]] \|office4= 16th Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives \|term_start4= 1816 Line 26 ⟶ 27: \|office5= member of the [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives]] for [[Greene County, Pennsylvania\|Greene County]] \|term5=1814-1820<br/>1810-1813 \|birth_date={{birth- date text\|August 15, 1776}} \|birth_place=[[Frederick County, Virginia]] \|death_date={{Death date and age\|1852\|11\|24\|1776\|4}} Line 32 ⟶ 33: \|spouse=Nancy Heaton \|profession= \|party= ~~[[Republican Party (United States)\|Republican]],~~ [[Democratic Republican]], ~~[[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic]]~~ \|age= }} '''Rees Hill''' (August 15, 1776 – November 24, 1852) was a U.S. army [[colonel]]<ref>[https://books.google.ca/books?id=UM7gBFLDzvkC&pg=PA290&lpg=PA290&dq=Rees+Hill+Pennsylvania+was+born&source=bl&ots=8_8Ll-Fcwr&sig=K4iuo1syZcbuUwqQnYgMh8opalE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=oJKdVPmrDdayoQT__4G4DA&ved=0CDMQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Rees%20Hill%20Pennsylvania%20was%20born&f=false]</ref><ref>{{Citation \| title = Public Debt \| newspaper=Berks and Schuylkill Journal Line 47 ⟶ 48: ==Early life== Hill was born in [[Frederick County, Virginia]] to Robert and Priscilla (Bowen) Hill.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Leckey \|first1=Howard L. \|title=The Tenmile Country and Its Pioneer Families \|date=1977 \|publisher=Greene County Historical Society \|location=Waynesburg, Pennsylvania \|isbn=0-8063-5097-0 \|page=290 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UM7gBFLDzvkC&q=Rees+Hill&pg=PA290 \|accessdate=15 November 2019}}</ref> He conducted most of his business in Pennsylvania, became a successful merchant in [[Waynesburg, Pennsylvania]]<ref name=SpeakerBio/> and married Nancy Heaton.<ref name=SenateBio>{{cite web \|title=Pennsylvania State Senate - Rees Bowen Hill Biography \|url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=4750&body=S \|website=www.legis.state.pa.us \|accessdate=10 November 2019}}</ref> ==Military service== He served as a colonel ~~in the U.S. army~~ during the War of 1812 leading the 147th Regiment of the [[Pennsylvania Militia]]. His ~~Regiment~~regiment was originally stationed in Erie, Pennsylvania to guard a naval facility.<ref name=SpeakerBio/> On July 30, 1813, his detachment received orders to join the northwestern army and served in Ohio and Michigan.<ref>{{Citation \| title = Erie, July 30, 1813 \| newspaper=True American Line 65 ⟶ 66: \| volume = 5 \| pages = 141–142 \| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=uGsSAAAAYAAJ&~~pg=PA141&dq~~q=%22Rees+hill%22&pg=PA141 }}</ref> Rees Hill (along with Thomas Sargeant of [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania\|Harrisburg]], [[Cromwell Pearce]] of [[Chester County, Pennsylvania\|Chester County]], and [[Samuel McKean]] of [[Bradford County, Pennsylvania\|Bradford County]]) was appointed as an aide de camp to Governor [[William Findlay (governor)\|William Findlay]], the commander in chief of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.<ref>{{citation Line 84 ⟶ 85: \| year = 1846 \| page = 231 \| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ojkFAAAAYAAJ&~~pg=PA231&dq~~q=%22Rees+hill%22&pg=PA231 }}</ref> ==Political career== Line 94 ⟶ 95: Hill was Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in two non-consecutive years (1816 and 1819).<ref>{{Citation \| ~~last~~last1 = Scharf \| ~~first~~first1 = John Thomas \| last2 = Westcott \| first2 = Thompson Line 102 ⟶ 103: \| year = 1884 \| page = 1766 \| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=8uYkAAAAYAAJ~~&printsec=titlepage#PPA1766,M1~~ }}</ref> His first election as speaker took place on December 5, 1815.<ref>{{Citation \| title = (Legislative) \| newspaper=National Standard Line 115 ⟶ 116: \| issue=6 \| page=3 \| date=December 8, 1818 }}</ref> On December 7, 1819 (for the session beginning in December, 1819 and lasting through most of 1820), he came in third in a vote for speaker with 14 of the 93 votes cast. (The speaker elected was [[Joseph Lawrence (Pennsylvania politician)\|Joseph Lawrence]] with 56 votes. Other votes were: [[Phineas Jenks]] – 21, Wilson Smith – 1, and William Lehman – 1).<ref>{{Citation \| newspaper=Carlisle Republican \| volume=1 Line 126 ⟶ 127: \| date=December 15, 1819 }}</ref> He served as chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means in the Pennsylvania House in 1820.<ref>{{Citation \| title = Letters \| newspaper=Franklin Gazette \| page = 2 \| date = ~~November~~February 222, ~~1822~~1820 }}</ref>▼ ~~\| date = February 22, 1820 }}</ref> and~~He was elected ato the Pennsylvania ~~State Senator~~Senate for the [[Pennsylvania Senate, District 18\|18th district]] in November, 1820 and served from 1821 to 1822. ~~Service~~He inalso represented the [[Pennsylvania ~~State~~ Senate]], ~~for the~~District 20\|20th district,]] ~~began~~from on1823 ~~December~~to ~~6, 1820~~1824.<ref name=SenateBio/>~~{{Citation~~ ~~\| title = Legislative~~ ~~\| newspaper=Free Press~~ ~~\| page = 2~~ ~~\| date = November 16, 1820 }}</ref> He was elected as a Pennsylvania State Senator again two years later.<ref>{{Citation~~ ~~\| title = Election Returns~~ ~~\| newspaper=Berks and Schuylkill Journal~~ ~~\| page = 2~~ ▲ \| date = November 2, 1822 }}</ref> After his political career ended, Hill returned to Virginia and managed the estates of his father and Uncles. He died on November 24, 1852, in Frederick County, Virginia and was interred in Winchester, Virginia.<ref name=SpeakerBio>{{cite web \|title=Pennsylvania House of Representatives - Rees P. Hill 1815-1817, 1818-1819 \|url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/SpeakerBios/SpeakerBio.cfm?id=95 \|website=www.legis.state.pa.us \|accessdate=12 November 2019}}</ref> ==See also== * [[List of ~~Speakers~~speakers of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives]] ==References== Line 149 ⟶ 143: ==External links== [https://archive.org/details/troopsundercomma01harr Troops under the command of Col. Fenton, Col. Rees Hill, et. al.] [http://trees.ancestry.com/view/military.aspx?tid=1228392&pid=-1498196383&gss=seotrees Ancestry.com: Rees Hill Military Page] *[http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/frederick/wills/b3000001.txt Will of Henry Beatty, father-in-law of Rees Hill] Line 158 ⟶ 152: [[Category:1776 births]] [[Category:1852 deaths]] [[Category:19th-century American ~~politicians~~legislators]] [[Category:~~American~~United ~~people~~States Army personnel of the War of 1812]] [[Category:Burials in Virginia]] [[Category:Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives]] Line 167 ⟶ 161: [[Category:Pennsylvania state senators]] [[Category:People from Frederick County, Virginia]] [[Category:~~People~~Politicians from Greene County, Pennsylvania]] [[Category:People from Pennsylvania in the War of 1812]] [[Category:Speakers of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives]]