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Clement Sidney Hill (February 13, 1813 – January 5, 1892) was a
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from
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. He was born near
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. He pursued academic studies and attended St. Mary's College, St. Mary, Kentucky. Later, he studied law. Hill was admitted to the bar in 1837 and commenced practice in Lebanon, Kentucky. Hill was a member of the
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in 1839. He was elected as a Whig to the
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(1853–1855). After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law in Lebanon, Kentucky where he died in 1892. He was buried in St. Augustine's Cemetery.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hill, Clement S. 1813 births 1892 deaths Members of the Kentucky House of Representatives Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky People from Marion County, Kentucky 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century members of the Kentucky General Assembly