Biography

01/18/1836 - 01/11/1891

Andrew Hemphill Dill, Sr. (D14) Lycoming, Snyder and Union Counties 1871 (D17) Northumberland, Perry, Snyder and Union Counties 1872-1874 (D27) Northumberland, Snyder and Union Counties 1875-1878

Early Life:

Andrew Hemphill Dill, Sr., born, January 18, 1836, Hereford, Baltimore County, Maryland; son of the Reverend Henry G. and Sarah A. Gilbert Dill; rural education; entered age 13, Dickinson Seminary; Dickinson College, A.M. 1855; teacher; admitted Maryland bar, 1858; attorney, law practice, uncle Isiah Dill, Huntersville, Alabama, 1858-1860; first lieutenant, Pennsylvania Emergency Militia, Civil War, 1862-1863; partner, Billmeyer, Dill and Company, manufacturers, bill timer and boats, 1865-1880; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1870 term, not a candidate for reelection, 1871 term; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1871-1878; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania Governor, 1878; partner, Dill, Watson, and Company, lumber and boat manufacturers, 1880; chair, Democratic State Committee, 1880; appointed, United States Marshall, Eastern Pennsylvania, 1887-1891; married, Catharine Spyker Slifer, children, William Henry Dill, Katharine Frick Dill Brown, Andrew Hemphill Dill, Jr., Samuel Blair Dill, Clarence Green Dill, Edwin Gilbert Dill, Sr.; died, January 11, 1891, city of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interment, Lewisburg Cemetery, Lewisburg, Union County, Pennsylvania.

Early Career:

Enlisted, first lieutenant, Company C, 3rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Emergency Militia, Civil War, 1862; first lieutenant, Company F, 28th Regiment, Pennsylvania Emergency Militia, Civil War, 1863.

Teacher; admitted, bar, attorney, law practice uncle Isiah Dill, Huntersville, Alabama, 1858-1860; partner, Billmeyer, Dill and Company, boat manufacturers, 1865-1880; partner, Dill, Watson, and Company, lumber and boat manufacturers, 1880. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1870 term, not a candidate for reelection, 1871 term. 

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 14th district, Lycoming, Snyder and Union Counties, 1871.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 17th district, Northumberland, Perry, Snyder and Union Counties, 1872-1874.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 27th district, Northumberland, Snyder and Union Counties, 1875-1878; committee assignments, Constitutional Reform Finance, Public Buildings and Railroads Committees; unsuccessful reelection, Henry M. Hoyt. 

Unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania Governor, 1878. 

Chairman, Democratic State Committee, 1880. 

Appointed, United States Marshall, Eastern Pennsylvania, 1887-1891.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography: 

Official Website - PA House Archives Official Website (state.pa.us)

Legacy: 

Wife, Catharine S. Slifer, daughter, Eli Slifer, Pennsylvania State Senate, 26th district, Juniata, Mifflin and Union Counties, 1851-1854; appointed, Governor Andrew Curtin, Secretary, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1861-1867. Eli Slifer  - Pennsylvania Senate Library (pasen.gov)

Cited: 

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members D". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1875). Smull, J.A., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 601, 606-608.

The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) • Monday January 12, 1891, • Page 1.

Andrew Hemphill Dill (1836-1891) - Find a Grave Memorial