Lister Hill, right, of Alabama is sworn into the U.S. Senate by Vice President John
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Lister Hill Sworn into Senate

Lister Hill, right, of Alabama is sworn into the U.S. Senate by Vice President John Nance Garner in 1938 to fill the seat of Hugo Black, who had been appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Dixie Bibb Graves filled the seat vacated by Black for five months prior to Hill's election.

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