Dill was born in 1874 in
Freeburg, Pennsylvania to William H. and Margaret C. Dill. Forced to leave school after the death of his father, he came to
Paterson, New Jersey at the age of 12 and began work as an office boy. He later worked in the fire insurance business and for Paterson newspapers. From 1901 to 1903 he served as secretary to the Mayor of Paterson. He served six years as president of the Paterson Finance Board. In 1913 he was named secretary to the
New Jersey Senate, and in 1915 was named Assistant
Secretary of State. Also in 1915, he was appointed State Motor Vehicle Commissioner. In 1933 Dill was appointed as a lay member of the
New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals by Governor
A. Harry Moore. He resigned from that office in 1934 to campaign for Governor of New Jersey a second time. Dill was reappointed to the Court of Errors and Appeals in 1943 by Governor
Charles Edison, remaining on the bench until 1948 when the court was abolished under the new
State Constitution. He died in 1950 at his home in Paterson at the age of 77. ==References==