James Hill (c. 1838 – June 12, 1903)[1] was a Republican[2] politician and government official in the U.S. state of Mississippi.

[7] After his service as Secretary of State, Hill served as postmaster and collector of internal revenues for the city of Vicksburg; he also campaigned for a congressional seat.

[2] Later in life, he worked as president of the Mississippi Cotton Manufacturing Company based in Jackson, and as of 1900, he was serving in the United States General Land Office in Jackson, having been appointed to the office by President William McKinley.

[8] Around February 1903 he started a weekly paper called the Mississippi State Register aimed at both Black and white readers and intended to serve as an "olive branch of peace" amid racial conflict.

[2] A statue of Hill is located at Mount Olive Cemetery in Jackson, Mississippi.