Arthur Dehon Hill (June 25, 1869 – November 29, 1947) was an American lawyer who served as District Attorney of Suffolk County, Massachusetts, and was a defense counsel for Sacco and Vanzetti.
[5] Hill was also an active member of the bar association and specialized in disbarment proceedings against lawyers in Suffolk County.
[4] During the 1906 gubernatorial campaign, Hill frequently spoke against the Democratic nominee John B. Moran's record as district attorney.
[6] Moran died in 1909 and Governor Eben Sumner Draper appointed Hill to fill the vacancy.
[1] In the 1912 United States presidential election, Hill backed Theodore Roosevelt over William Howard Taft.
[16] In 1917, Hill was a candidate for at-large delegate to the Massachusetts Constitutional convention, but lost to Charles F. Choate Jr. after a recount.
[17] During World War I, Hill served as a judge advocate general in the United States Army.
He was commissioned as a major in December 1917 and served in France from January 1918 to June 1919, during which time he handled property damage claims made by French citizens against the U.S.