Chapin Hall

Chapin Hall (born July 12, 1816 in Busti , Chautauqua County , New York , †  September 12, 1879 in Jamestown , New York) was an American politician . Between 1859 and 1861 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Chapin Hall attended the public schools in his home country and then the Jamestown Academy . Around 1841 he moved to Pine Grove, now Russell , Pennsylvania, where he worked in the timber business and trading. Since 1851 he lived in Warren , where he also worked in the banking industry. Politically, he joined the Republican Party founded in 1854 .

In the congressional election of 1858 Hall was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 24th  constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded Democrat James Lisle Gillis on March 4, 1859 . Since he renounced another candidacy in 1860, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1861 . This was overshadowed by the events in the immediate run-up to the civil war.

After his time in the US House of Representatives Chapin Hall worked in the wood crafts in the cities Louisville ( Kentucky ), Fond du Lac ( Wisconsin ) and Newark ( New Jersey ). He later worked in the textile trade in Jamestown. He died there on September 12, 1879.

Web links

• Chapin Hall in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
James Lisle Gillis	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (24th constituency) March 4, 1859 - March 3, 1861	John Patton