DEMOCRATIC " BOSS " GOVERNOR SENATOR YORK CAND PRESIDENT 1892 AUTOGRAPH SIGNED
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DAVID BENNETT HILL(1843-1910)DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK 1885-92, U.S. DEMOCRATIC PARTY SENATOR 1892-1897&CANDIDATE FOR DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OFTHE UNITED STATES (1892)!!Hill became the upstate boss of theDemocratic Party in New York. He served as a state legislator and, as LieutenantGovernor, succeeded to the governorship in 1885 upon Grover Cleveland'sresignation to take his seat as President of the United States! As U.S.Senator, he fought the free-silver wing i...n his own party.HERE'S AN AUTOGRAPH SIGNATURE CARD SIGNED BY HILL.THE DOCUMENT CARD MEASURES APPROX. 4” x 2½”& IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION.A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO YOUR 19TH CENTURY NEW YORKPOLITICAL HISTORY AUTOGRAPH & MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION!<<::>>BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH of the HONORABLEGOVERNOR HILLDavid Bennett Hill (August 29, 1843 –October 20, 1910) was an American politicianfrom New York who was the 29th Governor of New York from 1885 to 1891.LifeDavid B. Hill was born on August 29, 1843 in Havana, New York. He was educatedlocally, studied law, and began a practice in Elmira in 1864. In 1864 was he was named Elmira'sCityAttorney. He was a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly (Chemung County) in 1871 and 1872. Hill was elected an alderman ofElmira in 1880, served as Mayor of Elmira in 1882, and was President of the New York State Bar Associationfrom 1886 to 1887. Hill was Lieutenant Governor from 1883 to 1885, elected in 1882 on the ticket with Governor Grover Cleveland.He was Governor from 1885 to 1891, succeeding to the office upon Cleveland'sresignation and re-elected in 1885 and 1888.On May 15, 1885, Hill signed "a bill establishing a 'Forest Preserve'of 715, 000 acres that was to remain permanently 'as wild forestlands.'"[1]This tract soon became the Adirondack Park.During his tenure as governor, William Kemmlerwas executed in the electric chair, the first inmate in the country ever to be put to death in this manner. OnApril 23, 1889, Hill vetoed a bill from the state legislature that would blockthe street construction at the Polo Grounds.He also vetoed two times (1888 and 1889) a ballot reform bill by the Republicanlegislature to stop the rife election fraud in New York.[2]He was a U.S. Senator from New York from 1892 to 1897. Hewas elected in February 1891, but took his seat onlyafter the end of his term as governor in January 1892. He was also a candidatefor the Democratic nomination for President in 1892, but lost to Grover Cleveland, who later won the presidential election. He was defeatedby Republican Levi P. Mortonwhen, as a sitting U.S senator, he ran again for governor in November 1894. While Senator in 1893 and 1894 heblocked President Cleveland's two appointments to the U.S. Supreme Court: William B. Hornblower and Wheeler H. Peckham who had opposed Hill's politicalmachine.Hill died at Wolfert's Roost, his country home near Albanyon October 20, 1910 from the effects of Bright's Diseaseand heart disease. He was buried in Montour Cemetery in Mountour Bibliography: Dictionaryof American Biography; Bass, Herbert J. David B. Hill and the Steal of theSenate, 1891. New York History 41 (July 1960): 299-311; Bass, Herbert J. I Am ADemocrat: The Political Career of David Bennett Hill. Syracuse: SyracuseUniversity Press, 1961. I am a proud member of the Universal AutographCollectors Club (UACC), The Ephemera Society of America, the Manuscript Societyand the American Political Items Collectors (APIC) (member name: JohnLissandrello). I subscribe to each organizations' code of ethics andauthenticity is guaranteed. ~Providing quality service and historicalmemorabilia online for over twenty years.~ WE ONLY SELL GENUINE ITEMS, i.e., NOREPRODUCTIONS, FAKES OR COPIES!
