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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 = NovemberFebruary 222, 18221820 }}</ref>
| date = February 22, 1820 }}</ref> andHe was elected ato the Pennsylvania State SenatorSenate for the [[Pennsylvania Senate, District 18|18th district]] in November, 1820 and served from 1821 to 1822. ServiceHe inalso represented the [[Pennsylvania State Senate]], for theDistrict 20|20th district,]] beganfrom on1823 Decemberto 6, 18201824.<ref name=SenateBio/>{{Citation
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| newspaper=Free Press
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| 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>