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J. French Hill

Republican · AR-2 · U.S. House

On the ballot in 2026

AR-2 — U.S. House

Lean R 84%

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Bio

James French Hill 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.

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Record of service

In office
11.7 years
First took office
2015 (6 terms)
Seniority
127 of 439 by time served
Age
69
District offices
  • Little Rock, AR · 501-324-5941
  • Conway, AR · 501-902-5733
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Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.

Reported net worth

2019
$6.5M
2020
$6.4M
2021
$7.8M
2022
$16.7M
2023
$17.2M
2024
$18.2M
2025
$17.5M
Most recent filing (2025)
Assets
$10.1M – $25.2M
Liabilities
$115k – $300k
Net worth
$9.8M – $25.1M
Since 2019
+$11.0M
Largest holdings in the 2025 filing · 137 assets reported
J French Hill - Revocable Trust ⇒ Simmons First National Corporation (SFNC)$1.0M – $5.0M
HILL 2012 TRUST ⇒ Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (APD)$500k – $1.0M
HILL 2012 TRUST ⇒ Walmart Inc. (WMT)$500k – $1.0M
HILL FAMILY FUND ⇒ Eli Lilly and Company (LLY)$500k – $1.0M
J French Hill - IRA ⇒ Berkshire Hathaway Inc. New (BRK.B)$500k – $1.0M
HILL 1998 TRUST ⇒ JPMorgan Tax Free MM Fund - Premier Shares (VXPXX)$250k – $500k
HILL 1998 TRUST ⇒ Norfolk Southern Corporation (NSC)$250k – $500k
HILL 1998 TRUST ⇒ Procter & Gamble Company (PG)$250k – $500k
HILL 1998 TRUST ⇒ SA KRUGERRAND COINS$250k – $500k
HILL 2012 TRUST ⇒ First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY)$250k – $500k
HILL 2012 TRUST ⇒ JPMorgan Tax Free MM Fund - Premier Shares (VXPXX)$250k – $500k
HILL 2012 TRUST ⇒ Murphy USA Inc. (MUSA)$250k – $500k
HILL 2012 TRUST ⇒ SA KRUGERRAND COINS$250k – $500k
J French Hill - Revocable Trust ⇒ First Trust Morningstar ETF (FDL)$250k – $500k
J French Hill - Revocable Trust ⇒ Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF - DNQ (VYM)$250k – $500k
HILL 1998 TRUST ⇒ 3M Company (MMM)$100k – $250k
HILL 1998 TRUST ⇒ Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM)$100k – $250k
HILL 1998 TRUST ⇒ Insured Cash Account$100k – $250k
HILL 1998 TRUST ⇒ International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)$100k – $250k
HILL 1998 TRUST ⇒ Merck & Company, Inc. Common Stock (MRK)$100k – $250k
HILL 1998 TRUST ⇒ Pepsico, Inc. (PEP)$100k – $250k
HILL 1998 TRUST ⇒ PotlatchDeltic Corporation (PCH)$100k – $250k
HILL 1998 TRUST ⇒ Regions Financial Corporation (RF)$100k – $250k
HILL 1998 TRUST ⇒ Simmons First National Corporation (SFNC)$100k – $250k
HILL 1998 TRUST ⇒ Visa Inc. (V)$100k – $250k
HILL 2012 TRUST ⇒ AbbVie Inc. (ABBV)$100k – $250k
HILL 2012 TRUST ⇒ Berkshire Hathaway Inc. New (BRK.B)$100k – $250k
HILL 2012 TRUST ⇒ Coca-Cola Company (KO)$100k – $250k
HILL 2012 TRUST ⇒ T-Mobile US, Inc. (TMUS)$100k – $250k
HILL FAMILY FUND ⇒ American Express Company (AXP)$100k – $250k
J French Hill - IRA ⇒ First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund (FYT)$100k – $250k
J French Hill - IRA ⇒ VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF (MOAT)$100k – $250k
J French Hill - Revocable Trust ⇒ Insured Cash Account$100k – $250k
J French Hill - Revocable Trust ⇒ Markel Corporation (MKL)$100k – $250k
Martha M Hill - Revocable Trust ⇒ Simmons First National Corporation (SFNC)$100k – $250k
Martha M Hill - SEP IRA ⇒ Markel Corporation (MKL)$100k – $250k
Payne Hill Irrevocable Trust (Beneficiary IRA) ⇒ Berkshire Hathaway Inc. New (BRK.B)$100k – $250k
HILL 1998 TRUST ⇒ AT&T Inc. (T)$50k – $100k
HILL 1998 TRUST ⇒ Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (FIS)$50k – $100k
HILL 1998 TRUST ⇒ Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. (FBIN)$50k – $100k

Largest first, capped at 40 line items. Each is the asset's reported value bracket, not the income it produced.

From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →

Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)

LeftCenterRight

Issue profile

FiscalHealthImmig.GunsAbortionEnviron.CrimeDefenseEconomyForeignCivil R.Educ.GovtJudicial
Taxes & Fiscal
R+0.83
Healthcare
R+0.67
Immigration & Border
R+0.93
Guns
R+0.99
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
R+0.92
Environment & Energy
R+0.77
Crime & Policing
R+0.84
Defense & Veterans
R+0.82
Economy & Labor
R+0.79
Foreign Policy & Trade
R+0.58
Civil Rights & Social
R+0.23
Education
R+0.72
Government & Democracy
R+0.83
Judicial & Executive Nominations
R+0.70

Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.

How they score against the parties

J. French Hill's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.

Republican Party
92%
Libertarian Party
66%
Democratic Party
30%
Green Party
21%
Democratic Socialists (DSA)
17%
Communist Party USA
15%

On the political map

J. French Hill (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.

Socially conservativeSocially progressiveEconomic leftEconomic rightHill
Party platforms:Communist Party USADemocratic Socialists (DSA)Green PartyDemocratic PartyRepublican PartyLibertarian Party

Each small dot is a current member (Dem · Rep); the larger dots are party platforms — click one for its closest members. Economic axis: taxes, healthcare, labor, energy. Social axis: abortion, guns, immigration, civil rights, crime.

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Caucuses & committees

Where Hillsits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.

Caucuses

Committees

Most and least aligned members

Treating Hill's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.

Most aligned

Austin Scott
R · GA-8 · House
+100%
Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann
R · TN-3 · House
+100%
Earl L. "Buddy" Carter
R · GA-1 · House
+100%
Tim Walberg
R · MI-5 · House
+100%
Bill Huizenga
R · MI-4 · House
+100%

Least aligned

Adelita S. Grijalva
D · AZ-7 · House
−98%
Greg Casar
D · TX-35 · House
−97%
James R. Walkinshaw
D · VA-11 · House
−97%
Delia C. Ramirez
D · IL-3 · House
−97%
Cleo Fields
D · LA-6 · House
−97%

Recent notable votes

YEA
SEED Act
2026-09-16 · Passed · Taxes & Fiscal, Education
YEA
Retire through Ownership Act
2026-09-16 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".
2026-09-16 · Passed · Environment & Energy
YEA
Water Resources Development Act of 2026
2026-09-16 · Passed · Environment & Energy, Economy & Labor
YEA
Retire through Ownership Act
2026-09-16 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025
2026-09-15 · Passed · Government & Democracy
YEA
Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025
2026-09-15 · Passed · Environment & Energy, Economy & Labor
YEA
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
2026-09-15 · Passed · Taxes & Fiscal, Crime & Policing
YEA
Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision Act
2026-09-15 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy
YEA
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
2026-09-15 · Passed · Taxes & Fiscal, Crime & Policing
YEA
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9576) to establish the National Fraud Enforcement Division of the Department of Justice; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 10326) to enhance information-sharing capabilities between Federal law enforcement and State agencies to detect, investigate, and prosecute fraud in certain Federal programs, and to protect individual privacy; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 210) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to ‘‘California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision''; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 213) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the ‘‘California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision''; and providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 5334) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes.
2026-09-15 · Passed · Government & Democracy, Crime & Policing, Environment & Energy, Taxes & Fiscal, Education
YEA
GUARD Act
2026-09-15 · Passed · Crime & Policing, Economy & Labor

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