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:''For other people with the same name, see David Hill.''
'David Bennett Hill' (b. August 29 1843, Montour Falls, New York - d. October 20 1910, Albany, New York) was a Governor of New York and a Bourbon Democrat.
Before serving as the Governor, he served as mayor of Elmira, New York and the lieutenant governor of New York. He was the Governor from 1885 to 1891. He was defeated for governor in 1894.
He served as a U.S. Senator from New York between 1892 and 1897. He was also a candidate for Democratic nomination for President in 1892, but lost the nomination to Grover Cleveland, who later won the presidential election.
During his term as governor, William Kemmler was executed in the electric chair, the first inmate in the country ever to be put to death in this fashion.