HILLHOUSE, JAMES
\hˈɪlha͡ʊs], \hˈɪlhaʊs], \h_ˈɪ_l_h_aʊ_s]\
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(1754-1832), Senator, was a captain in the Revolutionary War. He was a Representative in the Connecticut Legislature from 1786 to 1789. He represented Connecticut in the U.S. Congress as a Federalist from 1791 to 1795, and from 1796 to 1810 was a U.S. Senator. From 1810 to 1825 he was commissioner of the Connecticut School Fund. He was a member of the Hartford Convention.
By John Franklin Jameson
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