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    Hill, Jr., Louis Warren

    Sessions Served    Other Information

    House 1937-52 (District 40)

    Party when first elected:  Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus

    Counties Served:  Ramsey

    BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

    Date of Birth: 5/19/1902
    Birth Place: Saint Paul, Minnesota
    Birth County: Ramsey
    Birth Country: United States
    Date of Death: 4/6/1995
    Gender: Male
    Religion: Catholic
    Reported Minority: None Reported
    Other Names:
    City of Residence (when first elected): Saint Paul
    Occupation (when first elected): Employee, Great Northern Railway, 1927-29/Director, First National Bank and First Trust Company, St. Paul

    EDUCATION

    St. Paul Academy, St. Paul, Minnesota; Elementary School; Graduate
    Phillips Exeter Academy, New Hampshire; Secondary; Graduate, 1920
    University of Minnesota, School of Business; Attended College;
    University of Minnesota, Extension Schools; Attended College;
    Yale University; Bachelors Degree; History, 1925
    Oxford University, England; Attended Graduate School; 1 Year
    University of Minnesota; Attended Graduate School;

    OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE

    State Board/Commission/Council: Minnesota Historical Society (Treasurer); 1934 to 1954

    FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

    Spouse: Dorothy Millett (married in 1929); Elsi Fors (remarried in 1932, she died in January 1990)
    Children: Three children (with Elsi): Louis Fors (son), Johanna and Mari (daughters)
    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:

    GENERAL NOTES

    Referring to his first run for the Minnesota House of Representatives in the 1936 election: "Hill, only 34 at the time, ran as a liberal..." (Session Weekly, March 19, 1999)

    He ran unsuccessfully for the Minnesota House of Representatives in the 1952 and 1954 elections.

    His conversation with President Dwight Eisenhower in the early 1950s led to the creation of the St. Paul-Nagasaki Sister City relationship in 1956. It was the first sister city arrangement in the United States.

    He was the grandson of James J. Hill, the railroad baron.

    He died at home in North Oaks, Minnesota. He was buried in Resurrection Cemetery in Mendota Heights, Minnesota.

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    Total Days Served: 5845

    SESSIONS SERVED

    57th Legislative Session (1951-1952)

      Session Details   Convened Date: 1/2/1951
    Body: House
    District: 40
    Elected: 11/7/1950
    Residence: Saint Paul
    Term of Office: 1/1/1951 to 1/4/1953
    Oath Date: 1/2/1951
    Counties Represented: Ramsey
    Occupation: Treasurer, Minnesota Cancer Society/Treasurer, Minnesota Society for the Prevention of Blindness
    Party: Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus
    Committees:
    • Civil Administration
    • Health
    • Municipal Affairs
    • Public Domain
    • Reapportionment (Chair)
    • Welfare
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    56th Legislative Session (1949-1950)

      Session Details   Convened Date: 1/4/1949
    Body: House
    District: 40
    Elected: 11/2/1948
    Residence: Saint Paul
    Term of Office: 1/3/1949 to 12/31/1950
    Oath Date: 1/4/1949
    Counties Represented: Ramsey
    Occupation: Director, First National Bank and First Trust Company, St. Paul/Treasurer, Minnesota Cancer Society/Treasurer, Minnesota Society for the Prevention of Blindness/Former Employee, Great Northern Railway
    Party: Nonpartisan Election
    Committees:
    • Civil Administration
    • Crime Prevention (Chair)
    • Health
    • Public Domain
    • Reapportionment
    • Welfare
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    55th Legislative Session (1947-1948)

      Session Details   Convened Date: 1/7/1947
    Body: House
    District: 40
    Elected: 11/5/1946
    Residence: Saint Paul
    Term of Office: 1/6/1947 to 1/2/1949
    Oath Date: 1/7/1947
    Counties Represented: Ramsey
    Occupation: Treasurer, Minnesota Cancer Society/Treasurer, Minnesota Society for the Prevention of Blindness
    Party: Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus
    Committees:
    • Civil Administration
    • Conservation
    • Elections
    • Reapportionment (Chair)
    • Welfare

    54th Legislative Session (1945-1946)

      Session Details   Convened Date: 1/2/1945
    Body: House
    District: 40
    Elected: 11/7/1944
    Residence: Saint Paul
    Term of Office: 1/1/1945 to 1/5/1947
    Oath Date: 1/2/1945
    Counties Represented: Ramsey
    Occupation: None Listed
    Party: Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus
    Committees:
    • Cities of the First Class
    • Civil Administration
    • Health
    • Public Domain
    • Reapportionment (Chair)
    • Welfare
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    53rd Legislative Session (1943-1944)

      Session Details   Convened Date: 1/5/1943
    Body: House
    District: 40
    Elected: 11/3/1942
    Residence: Saint Paul
    Term of Office: 1/4/1943 to 12/31/1944
    Oath Date: 1/5/1943
    Counties Represented: Ramsey
    Occupation: Employee, Great Northern Railway, 1927-29/Director, First National Bank and First Trust Company, St. Paul
    Party: Nonpartisan Election
    Committees:
    • Banking
    • Cities of the First Class
    • Civil Administration
    • Health
    • Welfare
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    52nd Legislative Session (1941-1942)

      Session Details   Convened Date: 1/7/1941
    Body: House
    District: 40
    Elected: 11/5/1940
    Residence: Saint Paul
    Term of Office: 1/6/1941 to 1/3/1943
    Oath Date: 1/7/1941
    Counties Represented: Ramsey
    Occupation: Employee, Great Northern Railway, 1927-29/Director, First National Bank and First Trust Company, St. Paul
    Party: Nonpartisan Election
    Committees:
    • Cities of the First Class
    • Civil Administration
    • Enrollment and Engrossment
    • Public Health and Hospitals (Chair)
    • Public Welfare
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    51st Legislative Session (1939-1940)

      Session Details   Convened Date: 1/3/1939
    Body: House
    District: 40
    Elected: 11/8/1938
    Residence: Saint Paul
    Term of Office: 1/2/1939 to 1/5/1941
    Oath Date: 1/3/1939
    Counties Represented: Ramsey
    Occupation: Employee, Great Northern Railway, 1927-29/Director, First National Bank and First Trust Company, St. Paul
    Party: Nonpartisan Election
    Committees:
    • Cities of the First Class
    • Cooperatives
    • Public Welfare
    • Taxes and Tax Laws
    • Workmens Compensation (Chair)
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    50th Legislative Session (1937-1938)

      Session Details   Convened Date: 1/5/1937
    Body: House
    District: 40
    Elected: 11/3/1936
    Residence: Saint Paul
    Term of Office: 1/4/1937 to 1/1/1939
    Oath Date: 1/5/1937
    Counties Represented: Ramsey
    Occupation: Employee, Great Northern Railway, 1927-29/Director, First National Bank and First Trust Company, St. Paul
    Party: Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus Party Notes: Referring to his first run for the Minnesota House of Representatives in the 1936 election: "Hill, only 34 at the time, ran as a liberal..." (Session Weekly, March 19, 1999)
    Committees:
    • Aircraft and Airways
    • Cities of the First Class
    • Cooperatives and Cooperation
    • Drainage
    • Game and Fish
    • Public Welfare and Social Legislation
    • Taxes and Tax Laws
    • University and State Schools
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