Jim Hill (Oregon politician)

Jim Hill

25th Oregon State Treasurer
In office January 4, 1993 – January 1, 2001
Preceded by	Tony Meeker
Succeeded by	Randall Edwards
Member of the Oregon Senate from the 16th district
In office 1987–93
Preceded by	L. B. Day
Succeeded by	Catherine Webber
Member of the Oregon House of Representatives from the 31st district
In office 1983–87
Preceded by	Alan Riebel
Succeeded by	Rocky Barilla

Personal details
Born	(1947-04-23) April 23, 1947 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Political party	Democratic

Jim Hill (born April 23, 1947)^[1] is an attorney, financial consultant, and politician from the U.S. state of Oregon. He served two terms as Oregon State Treasurer from January 4, 1993, to January 1, 2001,^[2] and had previously served in both the Oregon State Senate and the Oregon House of Representatives. He was born in Atlanta.^[1]

Education and personal

Hill graduated with a degree in economics from Michigan State University in 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.^[2]^[3]

Supporters of Jim Hill in 2006

Hill was elected treasurer in 1992, the first African American elected to statewide office in Oregon.^[2]^[3] 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.

In 2010, Hill briefly stood in the special election for Oregon State Treasurer, to complete the term of Ben Westlund, who died in office.^[4]^[5]

1 2 Biography in the Oregon Blue Book, 1997, p. 16.
1 2 3 "Treasurers of Oregon" (webpage). Oregon Blue Book. Oregon Secretary of State. 2006. Retrieved 2006-12-03.
1 2 "Jim Hill". Statesman Journal (newspaper article)|format= requires |url= (help). April 30, 2006. p. 2A.
↑ "Candidate Filings, State Treasurer". Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved March 10, 2010.
↑ Mapes, Jeff (March 11, 2010). "Jim Hill drops Oregon Treasurer candidacy". The Oregonian. Retrieved February 14, 2016.

Political offices
Preceded by Tony Meeker	Treasurer of Oregon 1993–2001	Succeeded by Randall Edwards

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