Lister Hill
Joseph Lister Hill, (born December 29, 1894 in Montgomery; died December 20, 1984 in Montgomery), was an Alabama native who served Alabama in the U. S. Congress for over 45 years. He co-authored legislation, the 1946 Hill-Burton Act, which eventually helped to finance 9,200 medical facilities and was credited with raising the number of hospital beds in low-income states and bringing medical care to rural areas.
Lister Hill Library at UAB is named in his honor. The Lister Hill Center for Health Policy in the UAB School of Public Health is also named for him.
Hill was a United States Army veteran of World War I, having been assigned to the Seventeenth and Seventy-first United States Infantry Regiments, and was also a member of the American Legion.
| Preceded by: John Tyson |
2nd Congressional District of Alabama August 14, 1923–January 11, 1938 |
Succeeded by: George Grant |
| Preceded by: Dixie Graves |
U.S. Senator from Alabama January 11, 1938–January 3, 1969 |
Succeeded by: James Allen |
External Links
- Wikipedia article
- Encyclopedia of Alabama article
- Lister Hill article at the UAB School of Public Health