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\"29th Governor of NY\" David B Hill Signed Check Dated 1905:
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Up for sale the \"29th Governor of NY\" David B Hill Signed Check Dated 1905.ES-9991

David BennettHill (August29, 1843– October 20, 1910) was an American politicianfrom New York who was the 29th Governor of New York from 1885 to1891. He also represented New York in the United States Senate from 1892 to 1897. DavidB. Hill was born on August 29, 1843 in Havana, New York. He was educatedlocally, studied law,and began a practice in Elmira in 1864. In 1864 was he was named Elmira\'sCity Attorney.He was a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly (Chemung County) in 1871 and 1872. Hill was elected analderman of Elmira in 1880, served as Mayor of Elmira in 1882, and wasPresident of the New York State Bar Associationfrom 1886 to 1887. Hill served as Lieutenant Governor from1883 to 1885, elected in 1882 on the ticket with Governor GroverCleveland. He became governor in 1885, when Cleveland resigned totake office as President of the United States.Hill won election to the office of governor in his own right in 1885 and 1888. While Cleveland had publiclyadvocated for civil service reform, Hill embraced therole of patronage in politics and built up a strong following. During Hill\'stenure as governor, the Democratic Party organization in New York polarizedbetween those loyal to Hill and those who favored Cleveland. Asgovernor, Hill opposed attempts to enact civil service reform and impose taxeson liquor. He supported tenement house regulation and labor reforms, such asmaximum work hours. On May 15, 1885, Hill signed \"a bill establishing a \'ForestPreserve\' of 715,000 acres that was to remain permanently \'as wild forestlands.\'\"This tract soon became the AdirondackPark. During his tenure as governor, WilliamKemmler was executed in the electricchair, the first inmate in the country ever to be put to death inthis manner. On April 23, 1889, Hill vetoed a bill from the state legislaturethat would block the street construction at the Polo Grounds.He also vetoed two times (1888 and 1889) a ballot reform bill by the Republicanlegislature to stop the rife election fraud in New York. After the1888 elections, which saw the defeat of Cleveland and the re-election of Hill,Hill established effective control over the state Democratic Party. Democraticgains in the 1890 elections gave the Democratic Party a majority in thelegislature and the ability, and Hill had the legislature elect him to the UnitedStates Senate. The legislature elected Hill tothe Senate in January 1891, but Hill did not take the seat until January 1892.Hill sought the Democratic nomination in the 1892 presidential election,running as a supporter of bimetallism. Strongly opposed to the prospectof Hill winning the party\'s nomination, Cleveland decided to seek a secondterm. At the 1892 Democratic National Convention,Cleveland defeated Hill and Governor Horace Boieson the first presidential ballot. Cleveland went on to defeat President BenjaminHarrison in the general election. Hill was defeated by Republican Levi P.Morton when, as a sitting U.S senator, he ran again for governor in November 1894. While Senator in 1893 and1894 he blocked President Cleveland\'s two appointments to the U.S. Supreme Court: William B. Hornblower and Wheeler H. Peckham who had opposed Hill\'spolitical machine. He was defeated by Republican Thomas C.Platt in the 1897 Senate election.Hill opposed the nomination of William Jennings Bryan in the 1896 presidential election,but supported Bryan in the general election against the Gold Democrats. Hillreceived significant support for the vice presidential nomination at the 1900 Democratic National Convention,but the party nominated former Vice President Adlai StevensonI. Hill served as the campaign manager of Democratic presidentialnominee Alton Parker in the 1904 presidential election.