Albert E. Hill
{{Short description|American politician (1870–1933)}}
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Albert E. Hill (October 14, 1870 – January 23, 1933) was an American politician. He served as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives and the Tennessee Senate, including as Speaker of the Senate from 1915 to 1917. He supported the labor movement and public education.
Early life
Albert E. Hill was born on October 14, 1870.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}}
Career
Hill served as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives and the Tennessee Senate, including as Speaker of the Senate in 1922.{{cite news|title=ALBERT E. HILL IS CALLED BY DEATH|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/59796027/?terms=%22Albert%2BE.%2BHill%22|accessdate=December 22, 2017|work=The Kingsport Times|location=Kingsport, Tennessee|date=January 23, 1933|page=3|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=registration }}{{cite news|title=Ex-Speaker of Senate Is Dead. Albert E. Hill Organized Labor Federation of This State|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/353325842/?terms=%22Albert%2BE.%2BHill%22|accessdate=December 23, 2017|work=The Leaf-Chronicle|date=January 23, 1933|location=Clarksville, Tennessee|page=1}} Both in the house and the senate, Hill supported "advances for labor and public schools."
Hill was the founder of the Tennessee State Federation of Labor, and the chair of the Southern chapter of the International Typographical Union. He was also the president of the Nashville Board of Education, and the founder and publisher of the Nashville Labor Advocate.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qvFECQAAQBAJ&q=%22Nashville+Labor+Advocate%22&pg=PA194|title=The Social Origins of the Urban South: Race, Gender, and Migration in Nashville and Middle Tennessee, 1890-1930|first=Louis M.|last=Kyriakoudes|date=21 July 2004|publisher=UNC Press Books|isbn=9780807861707|via=Google Books}}
Death
Hill died on January 23, 1933, in Nashville, Tennessee. A memorial service was held at the East Nashville High School on February 6.{{cite news|title=Tributes Are Paid, Albert E. Hill At Memorial Services|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/167849478/?terms=%22Albert%2BE.%2BHill%22|accessdate=December 23, 2017|work=The Tennessean|date=February 6, 1933|page=10|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=registration }}
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Category:Politicians from Nashville, Tennessee
Category:19th-century American newspaper founders
Category:Members of the Tennessee House of Representatives
Category:Tennessee state senators
Category:Trade unionists from Tennessee
Category:20th-century members of the Tennessee General Assembly
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