He was elected a Republican to the United States House of Representatives in 1866 , serving from 1867 to 1873 . There , Hill was chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Interior from 1871 to 1873 . He was a delegate to the 1868 Republican National Convention and resumed mercantile pursuits from 1873 to 1876 when he retired . He served in the New Jersey Senate from 1875 to 1877 and was elected back to the United States House of Representatives in 1880 , serving again from 1881 to 1883 , not being a candidate for renomination in 1882 . Hill died in Boonton on July 24 , 1884 and was interned in Boonton Cemetery in Boonton
1868 Republican National Convention
1868 Republican National Convention
John Hill (New Jersey politician)