Timothy Aaron Hill (born November 9, 1981, in Blountville, Tennessee) is an American politician and a former Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives. Hill was selected by the Republican Caucus as the House Majority Whip of the Tennessee House of Representatives on February 1, 2016, following the resignation of Republican Representative Jeremy Durham who stepped down as House Majority Whip and later withdrew from the House GOP caucus amid allegations of sexual harassment of women at the Tennessee State Capitol and other questionable behaviors. Hill reportedly stated in a speech to his fellow caucus members before his selection as House Majority Whip that he wanted "offer a pathway to healing" to the House Republican caucus. Early life and family background Timothy Hill was born on November 9, 1981 in Blountville, Tennessee. His father, Kenneth C. Hill, was appointed as a Tennessee Regulatory Authority director during January, 2009 by Blountville resident and Tennessee Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey. His brother, Matthew Hill, serves in the Tennessee House of Representatives. Hill earned his AS from Northeast State Community College and his B.B.S. degree from East Tennessee State University. Career Before first campaigning for election to the Tennessee House of Representatives, Hill was employed as a talk show host by the 501(c)(3) Appalachian Educational Communication Corporation (AECC) that was managed by his parents and other family members. Hill would later drop his employment with the non-profit AECC and was subsequently employed as a radio talk show host by the for-profit Information Communications Corporation (d.b.a. WPWT 870 AM et al) owned by both his father, Tennessee Regulatory Authority Director Kenneth Hill and the non-profit AECC. Hill later served the one-term former U.S. Representative David Davis as a congressional press secretary and communications director in Washington, D.C. and resigned after it was widely reported he used a government computer at the U.S. House of Representatives to remove content pertaining to both King Pharmaceuticals and one of the pharmaceutical company's founders and chief executive officer, John M. Gregory from Wikipedia biographical articles pertaining Gregory's ties to both Davis and his brother, Tennessee State Representative Matthew Hill. Gregory was a major campaign contributor to Republican candidates and conservative causes in Tennessee and donates the rental of office and studio space within his Lietner Pharmaceuticals building in Bristol to Appalachian Educational Communication Corporation controlled by Hill's family members. Hill is a co-owner since 2009 of the Right