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Sydney W. Hill

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Sydney W. Hill
Member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives
from the Roger Mills County district
In office
1914–1916
Personal details
DiedNovember 25, 1958
Resting placeSilent Home Cemetery
Roll, Oklahoma
Political partySocialist (Until 1930)
Democratic (After 1930)

Sydney W. Hill was an American politician who served as a Socialist member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives representing Roger Mills County between 1914 and 1916. He was one of the first third party candidates elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives alongside fellow Socialist Party Representatives David C. Kirkpatrick, N. D. Pritchett, Charles Henry Ingham, and Thomas Henry McLemore.[1]

He later ran for his former seat in the 1930 and 1940 elections as a Democrat. He later died on November 25, 1958, and was buried at Silent Home Cemetery in Roll, Oklahoma.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Humphreys, George G. "A Century to Remember: A Historical Perspective on the Oklahoma House of Representatives" (PDF). okhouse.gov. Oklahoma House of Representatives. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  2. ^ Creel, Von Russell (Fall 1992). "Oklahoma Socialism". The Chronicles of Oklahoma. 70 (3): 296. Retrieved 17 February 2023.