Herman Ray Hill

Herman Ray Hill, also known as Coach Hill (born October 1937),[1] is a rancher and a retired educator and coach from Dry Creek in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, who is a Democratic former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 32 in Allen, Beauregard, and Calcasieu parishes in the southwestern portion of his state.

Herman Ray Hill
Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
from the 32nd district
In office
January 1992  January 2008
Preceded byJames David Cain
Succeeded byDorothy Sue Hill
Personal details
BornOctober 1937
Place of birth missing
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Dorothy Sue Hill
ChildrenCraig Ray Hill
ResidenceDry Creek
Beauregard Parish
Louisiana, USA
OccupationRancher; retired educator

Hill was term-limited and ineligible to seek a fifth term in the legislature in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 20, 2007. Lawmakers are now restricted to three terms. Instead his wife, Dorothy Sue Hill, also a retired educator, was elected to succeed him in the House[2] and is completing her second term in the office. She defeated Republican convert James David Cain, an outgoing member of the Louisiana State Senate and a Democratic former state representative who had coincidentally preceded Herman Hill in the same state House seat prior to 1992.[3]

Hill was a coach for the Beauregard Parish School Board. He and his wife own and operate T&H Hereford Farms.[4] The couple has one son, Craig Ray Hill[4] (born July 1968),[5] an attorney in Allen Parish.

Hill was first elected in House District 32 in a runoff contest on November 16, 1991, with his fellow Democrat Thomas M. "Tommy" Abrusley (born c. 1959) of Oakdale in Allen Parish. Hill polled 10,318 votes (56 percent) to Abrusley's 8,132 (44 percent).[6] In the previous nonpartisan blanket primary on October 19, Abrusley and Hill emerged, respectively, as the top two vote-getters over five opponents, four of whom were Democrats.[7]

Hill was unopposed for his second, third, and fourth terms in 1995, 1999, and 2003.

References

  1. "Herman Hill, October 1937". Louisiana Secretary of State. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  2. "Election Result". Louisiana Secretary of State. November 17, 2007. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  3. "Election Results". Louisiana Secretary of State. October 24, 1987. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  4. "Dorothy Hill's Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  5. "Craig Hill, July 1968". Louisiana Secretary of State. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  6. "Election Results". Louisiana Secretary of State. November 16, 1991. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  7. "Election Results". Louisiana Secretary of State. October 19, 1991. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
Louisiana House of Representatives
Preceded by
James David Cain
Louisiana State Representative for District 32 (Allen, Beauregard, and Calcasieu parishes)

Herman Ray "Coach" Hill
1992 2008

Succeeded by
Dorothy Sue Hill


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