{{Short description|American politician and judge}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = John Gill Jr. | image = John Gill Jr. (1911).png | alt = | caption = Gill in 1911 newspaper | state = [[Maryland]] | district = {{ushr|MD|4|4th}} | term_start = March 4, 1905 | term_end = March 3, 1911 | predecessor = [[James William Denny]] | successor = [[John Charles Linthicum]] | office2 = Member of [[Maryland State Senate]] | term2 = 1882–1886, 1904–1905 | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | office3 = Member of [[Maryland House of Delegates]] | term_start3 = 1874 | term_end3 = 1877 | predecessor3 = | successor3 = | birth_date = {{birth date|1850|6|9}} | birth_place = [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1918|1|27|1850|6|9}} | death_place = Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | alma_mater = [[University of Maryland at Baltimore]] | father = [[George M. Gill]] | spouse = Nannie Kremelberg | children = }}

'''John Gill Jr.''' (June 9, 1850 – January 27, 1918) was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[Maryland]]. He also served as a judge in [[Baltimore]] and on the [[Maryland House of Delegates]] and [[Maryland State Senate]].

==Early life== John Gill Jr. was born on June 9, 1850, in [[Baltimore|Baltimore, Maryland]], to Ann McKim (née Bowly) and [[George M. Gill]].<ref name="bio">{{Cite web |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/G000188 |title=GILL, John, Jr. |work=[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]] |access-date=2021-09-14}}</ref><ref name="obit">{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85305273/judge-john-gill-jr-29-jan-1918-the-b/ |title=Judge John Gill Jr. |date=1918-01-29 |page=9 |newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=2021-09-14}}{{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/013100/013144/html/13144bio.html |title=George M. Gill (1803-1887) |website=Maryland Manual On-Line |publisher=[[Maryland State Archives]] |date=2007-08-07 |access-date=2021-09-14}}</ref> Gill attended [[Hampden-Sydney College]] of [[Virginia]], and also graduated from the [[University of Maryland at Baltimore]] in 1870. He studied law, was [[Admission to the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar]] in 1871, and commenced practice in Baltimore.<ref name="bio"/>

==Career== Gill was a partner in the firm of Gill, Preston & Field with Baltimore Mayor [[James H. Preston]].<ref name="obit"/>

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 [[Maryland State Senate]] multiple times, and served from 1882 to 1886, and again in 1904 and 1905. He also served as delegate to the [[Democratic National Convention]]s in 1884, 1888, and 1892, and was a member of the [[Baltimore Police Department Board of Commissioners]] from 1888 to 1897.<ref name="bio"/>

Gill was elected as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] to the [[59th United States Congress|Fifty-ninth]], [[60th United States Congress|Sixtieth]], and [[61st United States Congress|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.<ref name="bio"/>

==Personal life== Gill married Nannie Kremelberg, daughter of J.D. Kremelberg. Her father was a member of the [[Austria]]n Consulate in Baltimore.<ref name="obit"/>

==Death== Gill died in Baltimore on January 27, 1918. He was cremated.<ref name="bio"/><ref name="obit"/>

==References== {{reflist}} {{CongBio|G000188}}

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