. The Fortieth Congress of the United States: historical and biographical. ars anelder in the Presbyterian Church, and an active friend and promoterof Sunday schools. From the first he was an active Eepublican, and as such was electeda Rejiresentative from New Jersey to the Fortieth Congress, and wasre-elected to the Forty-first Congress. He was appointed on tlieCommittee on Coinage, Weights and Measures, and the Committeeon Post-offices and Post-roads. He introduced a bill for promot-ing a steamship line between New York and European portsby authorizing the Postmaster-General to contract with
. The Fortieth Congress of the United States: historical and biographical. ars anelder in the Presbyterian Church, and an active friend and promoterof Sunday schools. From the first he was an active Eepublican, and as such was electeda Rejiresentative from New Jersey to the Fortieth Congress, and wasre-elected to the Forty-first Congress. He was appointed on tlieCommittee on Coinage, Weights and Measures, and the Committeeon Post-offices and Post-roads. He introduced a bill for promot-ing a steamship line between New York and European portsby authorizing the Postmaster-General to contract with an Ameri-can Company for carrying the United States mails. Mr. Hill sup-ported the measure by several speeches, and it finally passed botiiHouses of Congress, but it did not accomplish the end designedthrough failure of Postmaster-General Kandall to make the contractprovided for. Mr. Hill introduced a bill to abolish the frankingprivilege, which was referred to his Committee, and in a modifiedform passed the House of Eepresentatives, but was defeated in the Senate. 196.
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