# Mark Langdon Hill

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American politician (1772–1842)

Mark Langdon Hill Member of the U.S. House of Representatives In office March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1823 Preceded by Benjamin Orr Succeeded by Ebenezer Herrick Constituency Massachusetts 16th (1819–1821) Maine 3rd (1821–1823) Personal details Born (1772-06-30)June 30, 1772 Biddeford, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America Died November 26, 1842(1842-11-26) (aged 70) Phippsburg, Maine, U.S. Party Democratic-Republican Occupation Merchant

**Mark Langdon Hill** (June 30, 1772 – November 26, 1842) was [United States Representative](/source/United_States_Representative) from [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts) and from [Maine](/source/Maine). He was born in [Biddeford](/source/Biddeford%2C_Maine) (then a part of the [Province of Massachusetts Bay](/source/Province_of_Massachusetts_Bay)) on June 30, 1772. He attended the public schools, then became a merchant and shipbuilder in [Phippsburg](/source/Phippsburg%2C_Maine). He was an overseer and trustee of [Bowdoin College](/source/Bowdoin_College). He is the nephew of John Langdon. New Hampshire governor, Senator and patriot.

Hill was elected a member of the [Massachusetts House of Representatives](/source/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives), and served in the [Massachusetts State Senate](/source/Massachusetts_State_Senate). He served as judge of the court of common pleas in 1810. He was elected a member of the [American Antiquarian Society](/source/American_Antiquarian_Society) in 1816.[1] He was elected as a [Democratic-Republican](/source/Democratic-Republican_Party_(United_States)) from Massachusetts to the Sixteenth Congress (March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821). Hill and [John Holmes](/source/John_Holmes_(Maine_politician)) were two of the seven representatives from the district of Maine willing to vote for the [Missouri compromise](/source/Missouri_compromise), which on a 90-87 vote allowed Maine to become a state at the cost of letting Missouri be a slave state. They were both strongly attacked in the Maine press for this compromise.

Hill was elected as a [Democratic-Republican](/source/Democratic-Republican_Party_(United_States)) to the Seventeenth Congress from Maine after the state was admitted to the Union (March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823). He was postmaster of Phippsburg 1819-1824. He was appointed as a collector of customs at [Bath](/source/Bath%2C_Maine) in 1824. Hill died in Phippsburg on November 26, 1842. His interment was in the churchyard of the Congregational Church in Phippsburg Center.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [American Antiquarian Society Members Directory](http://www.americanantiquarian.org/memberlisth)

- United States Congress. ["Mark Langdon Hill (id: H000602)"](http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000602). *[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress](/source/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress)*.

- Rolde, Neil (1990). *Maine: A Narrative History*. Gardiner, Me: Harpswell Press. pp. 143–144. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-88448-069-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-88448-069-0).

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