Lemon Galpin Hine (April 14, 1832 – January 19, 1914) was an American politician and lawyer from Washington, D.C.

Lemon Galpin Hine[1] was born on April 14, 1832, on a farm in Berlin Heights, Ohio.

He also attended the Norwalk Seminary, Baldwin University and the State and National Law School.

He graduated from Oberlin College and studied law in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

[5][6][7] While commissioner, Hine organized a relief fund for survivors of the Johnstown Flood.

[3] In 1882, Hine worked with Frank Hume to gain an interest in inventions related to the mechanical type composition.

In January 1884, he organized the National Typographic Company to develop and manufacture the linotype machine.

[4] They had six children, Mrs. F. A. Fenning, Mrs. Edward P. Mertz, Mrs. Ramsay Nevitt, Mrs. J. Milton Boone, Oliver C. and Charles Lemon.

[6] Hine died of pneumonia on January 19, 1914, at a sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan.