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  Hill, Knute
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NameKnute Hill
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Prosser, Washington , United States
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Born July 31, 1876
DiedDecember 03, 1963 (87 years)
ContributorRalphie
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Dec 31, 2014 09:59pm
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InfoHILL, Knute, a Representative from Washington; born on a farm near Creston, Ogle County, Ill., July 31, 1876; moved to De Forest, Wis., in 1877 and to Red Wing, Minn., in 1889; attended the public schools, Red Wing (Minn.) Seminary, and the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis; was graduated from the law department of the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1906; was admitted to the bar the same year and practiced law in Milwaukee and Eau Claire, Wis., 1908-1910; moved to Prosser, Wash., in 1911 and taught in the public and high schools of Benton County, Wash., 1911-1922; lecturer, State Grange, 1922-1932; also engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the State house of representatives 1927-1933; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1943); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942 to the Seventy-eighth Congress; superintendent of the Uintah-Ouray Indian agency at Fort Duchesne, Utah, from August 16, 1943, until his resignation on March 31, 1944; radio commentator in Spokane, Wash., 1944-1946; unsuccessful Independent Progressive candidate for election in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress; consulting appraiser and information clerk in the Bureau of Reclamation, Columbia Basin Project, Ephrata, Wash., from March 1949 until his retirement in 1951; died in Desert Hot Springs, Calif., December 3, 1963; interment in Yakima Calvary Cemetery, Yakima, Wash.

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  09/09/1952 WA District 4 - Blanket Primary Lost 18.59% (-43.83%)
  11/05/1946 WA District 5 Lost 2.13% (-59.21%)
  11/03/1942 WA District 4 Lost 36.41% (-27.18%)
  09/08/1942 WA District 4 - Blanket Primary Won 23.95% (+0.02%)
  11/05/1940 WA District 4 Won 51.26% (+2.53%)
  11/08/1938 WA District 4 Won 50.44% (+0.88%)
  11/03/1936 WA District 4 Won 57.87% (+15.83%)
  11/06/1934 WA District 4 Won 56.37% (+12.73%)
  11/08/1932 WA District 4 Won 56.31% (+12.62%)
  11/04/1924 WA District 4 Lost 13.03% (-52.31%)
  11/02/1920 WA District 4 Lost 17.87% (-45.36%)
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