French Hill (politician)

J. French Hill


Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas's 2nd district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2015
Preceded by	Tim Griffin
Personal details
Born	(1956-12-05) December 5, 1956 Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Nationality	American
Political party	Republican
Residence	Little Rock, Arkansas
Alma mater	Vanderbilt University (B.S.) UCLA School of Management
Occupation	banker, investor
Religion	Roman Catholic^[1]^[2]
Website	Rep. French Hill

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 elected in the 2014 election and took office on January 3, 2015.

Early life and education

He attended Vanderbilt University^[3] graduating magna cum laude with a bachelor of science degree in economics. 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.^[4]

Career

Hill served in President George H. W. Bush’s administration as Executive Secretary to the President’s Economic Policy Council and as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Corporate Finance.^[5]

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.^[6]

U.S. House of Representatives

2014 election

Hill decided to run for Arkansas' 2nd congressional district after Republican congressman Tim Griffin decided to run for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas. Hill defeated Democrat Pat Hays, the Mayor of North Little Rock,^[7] 52%– 44%.^[8]

Committee assignments

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

Personal life

A ninth-generation Arkansan, Hill resides in Little Rock. He is married to Martha McKenzie (originally of Dallas, Texas) and has two children, Liza and Payne.

Electoral history

Arkansas 2nd Congressional District Republican Primary Election, 2014
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	French Hill	29,916	55.08
Republican	Ann Clemmer	12,400	22.83
Republican	Conrad Reynolds	11,994	22.08

Arkansas 2nd Congressional District Election, 2014
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	French Hill	123,073	51.86
Democratic	Patrick Henry Hays	103,477	43.60
Libertarian	Debbie Standiford	10,590	4.46
Write-ins	Write-ins	190	0.08

Arkansas 2nd Congressional District Republican Primary Election, 2016
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	French Hill (inc.)	86,474	84.54
Republican	Brock Olree	15,811	15.46

References

↑ "Arkansas–2: J. French Hill (R)". Nationaljournal.com. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
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↑ Burnett, Lisa (20 May 2014). "Hill gets GOP nod for District 2". Arkansas Online. ,
↑ "J. French Hill – 40 Under 40 – 1996". ArkansasBusiness.com. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
↑ "2013 SMEI Arkansas Top Manager of the Year Award". SMEI.org. Sales and Marketing Executives International, Inc. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
↑ Friedman, Mark; Turner, Lance (24 March 2014). "Simmons First to Buy Delta Trust for $66M". ArkansasBusiness.com. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
↑ "GOP's French Hill wins US House seat in Arkansas". Associated Press. November 4, 2014. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
↑ "Arkansas House results – 2014 Election Center – Elections and Politics from CNN.com". CNN. Retrieved November 5, 2014.

External links

Representative French Hill official U.S. House site
French Hill for Congress

Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Profile at Project Vote Smart

Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission

Legislation sponsored at The Library of Congress

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Tim Griffin	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas's 2nd congressional district 2015–present	Incumbent
United States order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded by Jody Hice R-Georgia	*United States Representatives by seniority* 399th	Succeeded by Will Hurd R-Texas

Arkansas's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators	John Boozman (R) Tom Cotton (R)

Representatives (ordered by district)	Rick Crawford (R) French Hill (R) Steve Womack (R) Bruce Westerman (R)

Other states' delegations	Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Non‑voting: American Samoa District of Columbia Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands

Current Members of the United States House of Representatives

Presiding Officer: Speaker Paul Ryan

Majority party

Current Republican Party conference

Majority Leader: Kevin McCarthy, Majority Whip: Steve Scalise

Other members: Abraham Aderholt Allen Amash Amodei Babin Barletta Barr Barton Benishek Bilirakis M. Bishop R. Bishop Black Blackburn Blum Bost Boustany Brady Brat Bridenstine M. Brooks S. Brooks Buchanan Buck Bucshon Burgess Byrne Calvert B. Carter J. Carter Chabot Chaffetz Clawson Coffman Cole C. Collins D. Collins Comer Comstock Conaway Cook Costello Cramer Crawford Crenshaw Culberson Curbelo Davidson Davis Denham Dent DeSantis DesJarlais Diaz-Balart Dold Donovan Duffy J. D. Duncan J. J. Duncan Ellmers Emmer Farenthold Fincher Fitzpatrick Fleischmann Fleming Flores Forbes Fortenberry Foxx Franks Frelinghuysen Garrett Gibbs Gibson Gohmert Goodlatte Gosar Gowdy Granger G. Graves S. Graves T. Graves Griffith Grothman Guinta Guthrie Hanna Hardy Harper Harris Hartzler Heck Hensarling Herrera Beutler Hice Hill Holding Hudson Huelskamp Huizenga Hultgren Hunter Hurd Hurt Issa E. Jenkins L. Jenkins B. Johnson S. Johnson Jolly Jones Jordan Joyce Katko M. Kelly T. Kelly P. King S. King Kinzinger Kline Knight Labrador LaHood LaMalfa Lamborn Lance Latta LoBiondo Long Loudermilk Love Lucas Luetkemeyer Lummis MacArthur Marchant Marino Massie McCaul McClintock McHenry McKinley McMorris Rodgers McSally Meadows Meehan Messer Mica C. Miller J. Miller Moolenaar Mooney Mullin Mulvaney Murphy Neugebauer Newhouse Noem Nugent Nunes Olson Palazzo Palmer Paulsen Pearce Perry Pittenger Pitts Poe Poliquin Pompeo Posey Price Ratcliffe Reed Reichert Renacci Ribble Rice Rigell Roby Roe H. Rogers M. Rogers Rohrabacher Rokita Rooney Ros-Lehtinen Roskam Ross Rothfus Rouzer Royce Russell Salmon Sanford Schweikert Scott Sensenbrenner Sessions Shimkus Shuster Simpson A. Smith C. Smith J. Smith L. Smith Stefanik Stewart Stivers Stutzman Thompson Thornberry Tiberi Tipton Trott Turner Upton Valadao Wagner Walberg Walden Walker Walorski Walters Weber Webster Wenstrup Westerman Westmoreland Williams Wilson Wittman Womack Woodall Yoder Yoho David Young Don Young T. Young Zeldin Zinke

Delegate: Radewagen

Minority party

Current Democratic Party caucus

Minority Leader: Nancy Pelosi, Minority Whip: Steny Hoyer, Assistant Minority Leader: Jim Clyburn

Other members: Adams Aguilar Ashford Bass Beatty Becerra Bera Beyer Bishop Blumenauer Bonamici Boyle Brady Brown Brownley Bustos Butterfield Capps Capuano Cardenas Carney Carson Cartwright Castor Castro Chu Cicilline Clark Clarke Clay Cleaver Cohen Connolly Conyers Cooper Costa Courtney Crowley Cuellar Cummings D Davis S Davis DeFazio DeGette Delaney DeLauro DelBene DeSaulnier Deutch Dingell Doggett Doyle Duckworth Edwards Ellison Engel Eshoo Esty Evans Farr Foster Frankel Fudge Gabbard Gallego Garamendi Graham Grayson A Green G Green Grijalva Grisham Gutiérrez Hahn Hanabusa Hastings Heck Higgins Himes Hinojosa Honda Huffman Israel Jeffries E Johnson H Johnson Kaptur Keating Kelly Kennedy Kildee Kilmer Kind Kirkpatrick Kuster Langevin Larsen Larson Lawrence B Lee S Lee Levin Lewis Lieu Lipinski Loebsack Lofgren Lowenthal Lowey Luján Lynch C Maloney S Maloney Matsui McCollum McDermott McGovern McNerney Meeks Meng Moore Moulton Murphy Nadler Napolitano Neal Nolan Norcross O'Rourke Pallone Pascrell Payne Perlmutter Peters Peterson Pingree Pocan Polis Price Quigley Rangel Rice Richmond Roybal-Allard Ruiz Ruppersberger Rush Ryan Linda Sánchez Loretta Sánchez Sarbanes Schakowsky Schiff Schrader D Scott R Scott Serrano Sewell Sherman Sinema Sires Slaughter Smith Speier Swalwell Takano B Thompson M Thompson Titus Tonko Torres Tsongas Van Hollen Vargas Veasey Vela Velázquez Visclosky Walz Wasserman Schultz Waters Watson Coleman Welch Wilson Yarmuth

Delegates: Bordallo Norton Pierluisi Plaskett Sablan

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas

Territory	Bates Conway Sevier

At-large	Yell Cross Yell Newton Johnson Hynes Breckinridge

1st district	Greenwood Hindman Roots Hanks Hodges Gause Dunn Cate Featherstone Cate McCulloch Macon Caraway Driver Gathings Alexander Lincoln Berry Crawford

2nd district	Warren Rust Warren Rust Hinds Elliott A. Rogers O. Snyder Slemons Jones Breckinridge Little Brundidge W. Oldfield P. Oldfield Miller Mills Tucker Bethune T. Robinson Thornton V. Snyder Griffin Hill

3rd district	Boles Edwards Boles Wilshire Gunter Wilshire J. Cravens J. Rogers McRae Dinsmore Floyd Tillman Fuller Ellis Fulbright Trimble Hammerschmidt T. Hutchinson A. Hutchinson Boozman Womack

4th district	Gunter Peel J. Rogers Terry Reid Little W. B. Cravens O. Wingo E. Wingo W. B. Cravens W. F. Cravens Tackett Harris Pryor Thornton Anthony Dickey Ross Cotton Westerman

5th district	Peel Dinsmore Reid Jacoway Ragon Terry Hays Alford

6th district	Neill Brundidge J. Robinson S. Taylor C. Taylor Sawyer Reed Glover McClellan W. Norrell C. Norrell

7th district	Wallace Goodwin Parks Kitchens Harris

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