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Joseph Morrison Hill
Chief Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court
In office
1904–1909

Joseph Morrison Hill (September 2, 1864 – July 23, 1950) was an American lawyer who served as chief justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court from 1904 to 1909.[1]

Biography

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The youngest son of Confederate Lieutenant General Daniel Harvey Hill and Isabella Morrison Hill,[2] Joseph Hill received his law degree from Cumberland University in 1883.[3]

Hill opened a law practice in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, moving to Fort Smith, Arkansas in 1887.[1] He was elected Chief Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court in 1904, and served until 1909 when he resigned to become the state's chief attorney for in a railroad rate lawsuit.[1][4][5] He died in Booneville, Arkansas.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Joseph Morrison Hill (1864–1950)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
  2. ^ Bridges, Hal (1991). Lee's Maverick General: Daniel Harvey Hill. U of Nebraska Press. pp. 273–. ISBN 9780803260962. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  3. ^ Looney, J. W. (Fall 2002). "Chief Justice Joseph Morrison Hill". The Arkansas Lawyer. 47 (4): 32.
  4. ^ The National Cyclopedia of American Biography. J.T. White. 1906. p. 297.
  5. ^ Herringshaw's American Blue Book Of Biography. American Publishers' Association. 1914. pp. 506–.