Quentin Hill

Quentin Hill (born September 27, 1956) is an American activist and doctor who served as the Representative from Illinois's 8th District from 2009. He also served as the Representative from Illinois's 8th District from 1995 to 1999.

Hill was born in St. Louis, MO, and raised across the river in Belleville, IL. His mother is a Canadian immigrant and his father is descended from a middle-class family from Chicago. He became a doctor after going to college and medical school in California. After rising to local prominence as a prominent businessman and community leader, he unsuccessfully ran for the Republican nomination in the 1992 United States presidential election. Following the Republican primary, he stayed active in politics as an Independent and was a candidate for the U.S Senate from Illinois in the 1992 United States Senate elections. Running as an Independent again, he successfully ran in for the U.S House of Representatives on a platform similar to his presidential campaign during the 1994 United States House of Representatives election. As an Independent, he ran for the Democratic nomination during the 1996 United States presidential election. He lost that race and went on the form the Quartermasters Party while in office and was re-elected during the 1996 United States House of Representatives elections. In 1998, he announced that he would not be seeking a third term, but was instead running again for the U.S Senate from Illinois as a Quartermaster during the 1998 United States Senate elections. On the heels of coming second in the three-way Senate race, he announced his candidacy for President in the 2000 United States presidential election cycle. Quentin came in third place, securing 7.6% of the vote. This now means that theQuartermasters Party will now get federal funding. After losing the 2000 United States presidential election, Hill now is the head of the Liberty Foundation. He is currently considering running for Senate for the third time in 2004 against Vortex. He has now registered to run for Senate in 2004. He lost to Vortex. He then ran in 2006 for his old seat, but lost due to not campaigning enough. He won in 2008 election for Illinois's 8th district in a 4-way race. He created the Democrats which later became the Libertarian Democrats which merged Quartermasters, Watchdogs, Libertarians, and Democrats. He later got expelled from the Libertarian Democrats after making a bill to expel every single member of the House of Representatives for the remainder of the 111th Congress.