Facts: - death place: steubenville , ohio - preceded: lorenzo danford - party: republican - death date: 22 may 1920 - district: 16th - term end: october 31 , 1903 - succeeded: capell l. weems - term start: december 4 , 1899 - state: ohio - name: joseph john gill - birth date: 21 september 1846 - birth place: barnesville , ohio - alma mater: university of michigan law school Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of joseph j. gill .
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joseph john gill -lrb- september 21 , 1846 -- may 22 , 1920 -rrb- was a u.s. representative from ohio .born in barnesville , ohio , gill moved with his parents to mount pleasant , ohio , in 1848 .he pursued an academic course and was graduated from the law department of the university of michigan at ann arbor in 1868 .he was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in jefferson county , ohio .he subsequently engaged in banking and later in manufacturing and iron mining .gill was elected as a republican to the fifty-sixth congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of lorenzo danford .he was reelected to the fifty-seventh and fifty-eighth congresses and served from december 4 , 1899 , until october 31 , 1903 , when he resigned .he died in steubenville , ohio , may 22 , 1920 .he was interred in union cemetery .