district predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place jr/sr party term_end birth_date term_start image article_title state name
7th alfred iverson , sr. . nathaniel g. foster john b. gordon '' district inactive '' 6 march 1891 abbeville , south carolina madison , georgia united states senator republican march 4 , 1873 january 23 , 1861 10 january 1812 february 1 , 1871 march 4 , 1857 joshuahill.jpg joshua hill -lrb- politician -rrb-
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joshua hill -lrb- politician -rrb-

joshua hill -lrb- january 10 , 1812march 6 , 1891 -rrb- was a united states senator from the state of georgia .
he was born in south carolina but later moved to georgia and became a lawyer .
he was elected to the united states house of representatives from georgia in 1857 as a member of the american party -lrb- also called the know-nothing party -rrb- .
he was reelected in 1859 .
he resigned on january 23 , 1861 while the other members of the state 's delegation simply withdrew shortly after the state convention passed an ordinance of secession in georgia .
following the end of the war , he was elected to the united states senate from georgia as a republican in 1867 .
however , he did not serve in the senate until 1871 when georgia was readmitted to the united states .
he served in the senate until the end of his term in 1873 and did not run for reelection .
he resumed the practice of law and died in madison , georgia .
during the civil war , general william tecumseh sherman , a friend of hill , did not burn madison , georgia on his `` march to the sea '' .
