sentences:  He engaged in the mercantile business at Fort Collins, Colorado from 1927 to 1953.Hill was elected as a Republican to the 77th Congress and to the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1959).He served as chairman of the Select Committee on Small Business (83rd Congress) and was particularly focus on improving the fate of small metal mines in the western United States.