John Fremont Hill

{{Short description|American politician, Maine (1855–1912)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|image = John Fremont Hill, 1855-1912, head and shoulders, c1900.jpg

|office = Chair of the Republican National Committee

|term_start = March 5, 1909

|term_end = March 16, 1912
Acting: March 5, 1909 – December 12, 1911

|predecessor = Frank Hitchcock

|successor = Victor Rosewater

|office1 = 45th Governor of Maine

|term_start1 = January 2, 1901

|term_end1 = January 4, 1905

|predecessor1 = Llewellyn Powers

|successor1 = William T. Cobb

|birth_name = John Fremont Hill

|birth_date = {{birth date|1855|10|29}}

|birth_place = Eliot, Maine, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|1912|3|16|1855|10|29}}

|death_place = Bar Harbor, Maine, U.S.

|party = Republican

|spouse = Lizzie Vickery (1880–1893)
Laura Coleman Ligget (1897–1940)

|education = Medical School of Maine (MD)

}}

John Fremont Hill (October 29, 1855 – March 16, 1912) was an American businessman and politician. He served in a number of positions in Maine government, including as the 45th governor of Maine from 1901 to 1905.

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Hill was born in Eliot, Maine, the son of Miriam (Leighton) and William Hill.{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UK4TAAAAYAAJ&dq=Miriam+(Leighton)+and+William+Hill&pg=RA2-PA72 | title=Old Eliot: A Monthly Magazine of the History and Biography of the Upper Parish of Kittery, Now Eliot | year=1901 }} He graduated from the Medical School of Maine (Bowdoin College) in 1877 and completed his residency at the Long Island College Hospital Medical School, but practiced medicine only a year. In 1879 he became a member of the law firm (later a publishing house) of J.F. Hill & Co. in Augusta, Maine. He was active in many railroad, steamship, telephone, and banking enterprises.

He was best known as a Republican politician, serving as a member of the Maine House of Representatives in 1888–92, of the Maine Senate from 1892 to 1896, and of the Executive Council in 1898–1899; and he was the 45th Governor of Maine from 1901 to 1905. He was acting chairman in 1908–1911, and chairman in 1911–1912, of the Republican National Committee.