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词条 French Hill (politician)
释义

  1. Early life and education

  2. Career

  3. U.S. House of Representatives

     Elections  Committee assignments  Caucus memberships  Tenure 

  4. Personal life

  5. Electoral history

  6. References

  7. External links

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James French Hill (born December 5, 1956) is an American politician who is the U.S. Representative for Arkansas's 2nd congressional district. He was first elected in 2014 and took office on January 3, 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party.

Early life and education

Hill graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in economics from Vanderbilt University.[1] He pledged the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and served as president. He later attended the UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management where he earned a certified corporate director designation.[2]

Career

Hill served as executive secretary to President George H. W. Bush’s Economic Policy Council and as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Corporate Finance.[3]

Hill founded and was the CEO and chairman of the Board Delta Trust and Banking Corporation in Little Rock until its acquisition by Simmons First Bank in 2014.[4]

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

2014
{{main|United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, 2014#District 2}}

Hill decided to run for the 2nd district U.S. House seat after fellow Republican Tim Griffin decided instead to run for lieutenant governor. Hill then defeated Democrat Pat Hays, the mayor of North Little Rock,[5] 52 to 44 percent.[6]

2016
{{main|United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, 2016#District 2}}

Hill was renominated in the Republican primary over Brock Olree of Searcy (White County) and was reelected with 58% of the vote against former Little Rock School District Board President Dianne Curry, a Democrat, and Libertarian nominee Chris Hayes of North Little Rock.{{cn|date=September 2018}}

2018
{{main|United States House of Representatives elections in Arkansas, 2018#District 2}}

In 2017, Arkansas's 2nd district was included on the initial list of Republican held seats being targeted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in 2018.[7] In the November 2018 general election, Hill defeated Democratic nominee Clarke Tucker with 52.1% of the vote to Tucker's 45.8%. Libertarian Joe Swafford received 2%.[8]

Committee assignments

  • Committee on Financial Services
    • Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government-Sponsored Enterprises
    • Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

Caucus memberships

  • Congressional Arts Caucus[9]
  • Republican Study Committee[10]
  • United States Congressional International Conservation Caucus[11]
  • U.S.-Japan Caucus[12]

Tenure

As of September 2018, Hill had voted with his party 95% of the time in the current session of Congress and voted in line with President Trump's position 96.6% of the time.[13][14]

On May 4, 2017, Hill voted to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and pass the American Health Care Act.[15][16]

Hill voted in support of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.[17]

Personal life

A ninth-generation Arkansan and Roman Catholic,[18] Hill resides in Little Rock. He and his wife, Martha McKenzie, have two children.

Electoral history

Arkansas 2nd Congressional District Republican Primary Election, 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanFrench Hill29,91655.08
RepublicanAnn Clemmer12,40022.83
RepublicanConrad Reynolds11,99422.08
Arkansas 2nd Congressional District Election, 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanFrench Hill123,07351.86
DemocraticPatrick Henry Hays103,47743.60
LibertarianDebbie Standiford10,5904.46
Write-insWrite-ins1900.08
Arkansas 2nd Congressional District Republican Primary Election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanFrench Hill (inc.)86,47484.54
RepublicanBrock Olree15,81115.46
Arkansas 2nd Congressional District Election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanFrench Hill (inc.)176,47258.34
DemocraticDianne Curry111,34736.81
LibertarianChris Hayes14,3424.74
Write-insWrite-ins3030.1

References

1. ^{{cite web| url= http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2014/may/20/hill-gets-gop-nod-district-2/?f=news|title=Hill gets GOP nod for District 2|website=Arkansas Online|date=May 20, 2014|first=Lisa|last=Burnett}},
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/people/lists/profile/310/j-french-hill|title=J. French Hill – 40 Under 40 – 1996|website=ArkansasBusiness.com|accessdate=November 5, 2014}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.smei.org/?694|title=2013 SMEI Arkansas Top Manager of the Year Award|website=SMEI.org|publisher=Sales and Marketing Executives International, Inc.|accessdate=January 11, 2015}}
4. ^{{cite web| url= http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/97794/simmons-first-to-buy-delta-trust-for-66m?page=all| title=Simmons First to Buy Delta Trust for $66M|first1=Mark|last1=Friedman|first2=Lance|last2=Turner|website=ArkansasBusiness.com|date=March 24, 2014|accessdate=September 4, 2015}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thv11.com/story/news/politics/2014/11/04/gops-french-hill-wins-us-house-seat-in-arkansas/18512501/|title=GOP's French Hill wins US House seat in Arkansas|publisher=Associated Press|date=November 4, 2014|accessdate=November 5, 2014}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/election/2014/results/state/AR/house/02|title=Arkansas House results – 2014 Election Center – Elections and Politics from CNN.com|work=CNN|accessdate=November 5, 2014}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/dccc-2018-targets-234366|title=Amid Democratic doldrums, DCCC identifies 2018 targets|work=Politico|last=Cheney|first=Kyle|date=January 30, 2017|accessdate=March 23, 2017}}
8. ^{{cite web |title=Arkansas Election Results: Second House District |url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/arkansas-house-district-2 |website=New York Times |accessdate=30 November 2018}}
9. ^{{cite web|title=Membership|url=https://artscaucus-slaughter.house.gov/membership|publisher=Congressional Arts Caucus|accessdate=May 22, 2018}}
10. ^{{cite web|title=Member List|url=https://rsc-walker.house.gov|format=|publisher=Republican Study Committee|accessdate=December 21, 2017}}
11. ^{{cite web|title=Our Members|author=|url=https://royce.house.gov/internationalconservation/members.html|format=|publisher=U.S. House of Representatives International Conservation Caucus |date=|accessdate=2 August 2018}}
12. ^{{cite web|title=Members|author=|url=https://usjapancaucus-castro.house.gov/members|format=| publisher=U.S. - Japan Caucus |date=|accessdate=11 December 2018}}
13. ^{{Cite news|url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/j-french-hill|title=Tracking J. French Hill In The Age Of Trump|last=Bycoffe|first=Aaron|date=2017-01-30|newspaper=FiveThirtyEight|access-date=2017-02-18|language=en-US}}
14. ^{{Cite news|url=https://projects.propublica.org/represent/members/H001072-j-french-hill|title=Represent|last=Willis|first=Derek|newspaper=ProPublica|access-date=2017-02-18}}
15. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/ahca-house-vote/|title=How the House voted to pass the GOP health-care bill|website=Washington Post|access-date=2017-05-04}}
16. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/04/politics/house-health-care-vote/index.html|title=How every member voted on health care bill|website=CNN|access-date=2017-05-04}}
17. ^{{cite web|last1=Almukhtar|first1=Sarah|title=How Each House Member Voted on the Tax Bill|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/19/us/politics/tax-bill-house-live-vote.html?_r=0|website=The New York Times|accessdate=December 21, 2017|date=December 19, 2017}}
18. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaljournal.com/almanac/2014-new-members/arkansas-2-j-french-hill-r-20141104|title=Arkansas–2: J. French Hill (R)|work=Nationaljournal.com|accessdate=January 11, 2015}}

External links

  • Representative French Hill official U.S. House site
  • French Hill for Congress
  • {{DMOZ|Regional/North_America/United_States/Arkansas/Government/Federal/US_House_of_Representatives/French_Hill_%5BR-2%5D|French Hill}}
  • {{CongLinks | congbio=H001072 | votesmart=146290 | fec=H4AR02141 | congress=j-hill/H001072 }}
  • {{C-SPAN|frenchhill}}
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