John Gill, Jr.

Who was John Gill, Jr.?

John Gill Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Maryland.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Gill attended Hampden-Sydney College of Virginia, and also graduated from the University of Maryland at Baltimore in 1870. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1871, and commenced practice in Baltimore, Maryland. He 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 Conventions in 1884, 1888, and 1892, and was Baltimore Police Commissioner from 1888 to 1897.

Gill was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth, and Sixty-first Congresses, 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.