Jim Hill (Oregon politician)
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Jim Hill (born 1947) is an Oregon attorney and financial consultant who served two terms as Oregon State Treasurer from January 4, 1993 to January 1, 2001. He was the first African American elected to statewide office in Oregon. He had previously served in the Oregon State Senate (1987-1993) and the Oregon House of Representatives (1983-1987). He ran unsuccessfully for the House in 1980, and for Governor in 2002 and 2006. After graduating with a degree in economics from Michigan State University (1969), he received both an MBA (1971) and a law degree (1974) from Indiana University. Divorced and having one grown daughter, Hill makes his home in Salem, Oregon.[1][2]
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- ^ "Jim Hill" (newspaper article), Statesman Journal, 2006-04-30, pp. 2A.
- ^ Treasurers of Oregon (webpage). Oregon Blue Book. Oregon Secretary of State (2006). Retrieved on December 3, 2006.