Henry Washington Hilliard

Henry Washington Hilliard (August 4, 1808 – December 17, 1892) was a U.S. representative from Alabama and a colonel in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

Early life Hilliard was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and graduated from South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina) at Columbia in 1826. While at South Carolina College, he was active in the Euphradian Society. He read law under William C. Preston and then moved to Athens, Georgia, where he was admitted to the bar in 1829. He was a Professor of English Literature at the University of Alabama from 1831 to 1834, when he resigned to practice law in Montgomery, Alabama.

He served as a member of the state house of representatives from 1836–1838, was a delegate to the 1839 Whig National Convention at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, ran as a Whig presidential elector in 1840, and was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the 27th United States Congress.

In 1856, he served as presidential elector on the American ticket.

Honors In 2022, Hilliard was inducted into the Alabama Lawyers Hall of Fame.