The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-06-28

| HON. JOHN F. n
| The Republican State Convention, in
session yesterday at Bangor, nominated
Hon. John F. Hill of Augusta as the
party candidate for Governor at the
| election to be held next September.
The nomination was by acclamation:
and, i'll fact, the convention was simply
ratification meeting 50 far as the Gov
ernorship was concerned, as the people
had selected Dr.. Hill for this high Office
months ago. How well he is prepared
to fulfill his duties the following sketch
of his career, originally published in
the Boston Herald, will show:
He was born in Eliot, Me, Oct. %.
| 1850. His ancestors Oh both sides i'll
cluded men of distinguished public ser
vice. from whom the doctor seems to
have inherited his real affection for.
and oft-proven pphlic interest in. the
affairs of the Pine Tree State.
Dr. Hills father, William, was the
sixth in direct descent from John Hill,
who was born IN England in 1924, and
settled in Dover. y. H.. about 80 years
later: his SON. Joseph. moving to Kit
| terry in 1896. since which time the fam
| lily has been continuously and promi-
nently Unidentified with Names prog
| reSS.
Among DR.. Hill 5 early ancestors were
| Edward RaWson. secretary of the col
ony of Massachusetts bay from 1910 10
1855; John Leighton. a representative
to the General Court and sheriff of
| York county; Dea. William Leighton
who raised y men Tor the continental
army III l11:5. beside being county sheriff
and a justice OF the peace: and Andrew
Leighton, Who frequently represented
hls district i'll the Maine Legislature.
and during many Years in the State Sell
| ate.
Mr.. Hills grandmother Sarah (Odi-
orne Leighton. was direct descendant
of Sir John Mason the original grantee
OF the province OF New Hampshire.
John F. Hill was educated in the
| South Berwick, Me. Academy and the
Putnam school in Newburyport. He
| afterWard studied medicine, being grad
uated from the Bowdoin medical school
IN 1877, and later perfecting his studies
and receiving a diploma from the Long
| Island College Hospital in Brooklyn. n.
y.
After completing his medical educa
ton. Dr. Hill returned to his native
State. practising abouta year at Booth
| bay Harbor. Later he decided to enter
business, and moved to Augusta. In
1879, he associated himself with P. o.
Nickery, thepublisher, and later became
| his partner, under the firm name of
| Nlckery 4 Hill, with which establish
ment he has been connected ever since
This firm is one of the largest houses
now IN the business, it's publications
reaching million and a half readers
annually, who are scattered all over the
country. Under able management the
enterprise has enjoyed constantly in
creaSlng prosperity, and the firm has
now one of the best equipped publish
ing plants in the United States. Through
these publications the name Of Dr. Hill
has, perhaps, become more widely
| known than that of almost any other
son Of Maine.
DIR. Hill was elected to the House Of
Representatives of Maine ia 1889, and
rendered efficient service as a member
of the committees on banks and bank
| ing, and on railroads, telegraphs and
| expresses In 1891, he was reelected,
and at this session served as chairman
of the House committee on raj roads.
In 1892, he received, by acclamation,
the nomination for senator from Ken
nebec county. was elected, and served
in the Legislatures of 1893 and 1895.
There he filled the important position
of chairman of the railroads committee.
At present he is a member of the Gov
ernor's executive council. his tenure OF
office dating from January last.
Dr. Hill has always been actively iden-
tetied with the progressive spirits who
have done so much in recent years to
develop the great resources of the State.
He has put both time and capital into
etfecting the construction OF several
electric railroads in various parts of the
State, which have been such potent
factor in making accessible neigllbor-
hoods out of previously isolated com
munities.
But Dr. Hills efforts have not been
confined merely to making Maine among
the foremost in the sisterhood of com
monwealths. In his own city he has
been equally public-spirited, and in turn
the esteem and confidence of his fellow
citizens have been shown in the tender
of positions of trust and responsibility.
With his business partner he is large
real estate owner throughout the city.
Several handsome business blocks and
the two leading hotels in the city are in
cluded among his holdings, the Augusta
House, the home of legislators, being
one of the best hostelries in the State.
He was early elected director of the
Augusta National Bank and in 1896 was
chosen it's president, a position in which
he has repeatedly demonstrated his