John Gill Jr. (June 9, 1850 – January 27, 1918) was a

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from Maryland. He also served as a judge in

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and on the Maryland House of Delegates and

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Early life

John Gill Jr. was born on June 9, 1850 in

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to Ann McKim (née Bowly) and

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. Gill attended Hampden-Sydney College of Virginia, and also graduated from the University of Maryland at Baltimore in 1870. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1871, and commenced practice in Baltimore.

Career

Gill was a partner in the firm of Gill, Preston & Field with Baltimore Mayor

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. Gill served as member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1874 to 1877, and as examiner of titles in the Baltimore city legal department from 1879 to 1884. He won election to the

multiple times, and served from 1882 to 1886, and again in 1904 and 1905. He also served as delegate to the

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s in 1884, 1888, and 1892, and was a member of the Baltimore Police Department Board of Commissioners from 1888 to 1897. Gill was elected as a

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to the Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth, and Sixty-first Congresses (March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911), but was not a candidate for reelection in 1910. He served as judge of the appeal tax court of the city of Baltimore from 1912 to 1918, where he died.

Personal life

Gill married Nannie Kremelberg, daughter of J.D. Kremelberg. Her father was a member of the Austrian Consulate in Baltimore.

Death

Gill died in Baltimore on January 27, 1918. He was cremated.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gill, John Jr. 1850 births 1918 deaths Democratic Party members of the Maryland House of Delegates Democratic Party Maryland state senators Maryland state court judges Politicians from Baltimore University of Maryland, Baltimore alumni Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American judges Commissioners of the Baltimore Police Department