Richard Allan Hill[1] (born December 30, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Montana.

In 1968, he graduated from Saint Cloud State University Hill received his Juris Doctor degree in 2005 from the Concord Law School in Los Angeles, California.

[2] In 1993, Governor Marc Racicot selected Hill to act as chairman of the board of directors of the Montana State Fund, where he worked in a volunteer, unpaid capacity for three years.

In the general election, he defeated Democrat Bill Yellowtail, who had been a Regional Administrator for the United States Environmental Protection Agency,[6] 52%–43%.

[7] In November 1998, Hill won re-election to a second term, defeating the Democratic nominee, longtime Missoula County Attorney Dusty Deschamps, 53%–44%.

The election was won by Republican nominee Denny Rehberg, who defeated Nancy Keenan,[9] then the three-term State Superintendent of Public Instruction.