Hill, French, 1956-

James French Hill (born December 5, 1956) is an American businessman and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Arkansas's 2nd congressional district since 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party.

Hill was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Vanderbilt University. He attended the UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management, where he earned a certified corporate director designation.

From 1982 to 1984, Hill was an aide to Republican Senator John Tower. He was a staffer on the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee. Hill was executive secretary to President George H. W. Bush’s Economic Policy Council from 1991 to 1993, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Corporate Finance from 1989 to 1991. Hill founded and was CEO and chairman of the Board Delta Trust and Banking Corporation in Little Rock until its acquisition by Simmons Bank in 2014.

HILL, French, a Representative from Arkansas; born in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Ark., December 5, 1956; graduated from Little Rock Catholic High School, Little Rock, Ark., 1975; B.S., Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., 1979; banker; businessman; staff, United States Senator John Tower and the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, 1982-1984; deputy assistant secretary, United States Treasury, 1989-1991; special assistant to President George H. W. Bush and Executive Secretary of Economic Policy Council, 1991-1993; senior advisor, Governor Mike Huckabee of Arkansas, 2008; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fourteenth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2015-present).