Darwin Hall

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Darwin Scott Hall (born January 23, 1844 in Kenosha County , Wisconsin , † February 23, 1919 in Olivia , Minnesota ) was an American politician . Between 1889 and 1891 he represented the state of Minnesota in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1847 Darwin Hall moved with his parents to Waukaw in Winnebago County . In 1856 the family moved to Grand Rapids . Hall attended the public schools in these places as well as a school in Elgin ( Illinois ) and Markam's Academy in Milwaukee .

During the Civil War he was a soldier in a Wisconsin infantry regiment . After the war, he settled near Birch Cooley , Minnesota, in 1866 . There he first worked in agriculture. Then he began a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1869 and 1873 he was an auditor in Renville County ; from 1973 to 1878 he was an administrative clerk at the district court. In 1876 he was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives. In the same year he founded the newspaper "Renville Times", which he published himself. From 1878 to 1886 Hall was employed by the Federal Land Registry in Benson . In 1886 he was elected to the Minnesota Senate.

In the congressional election of 1888 Hall was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the third constituency of Minnesota , where he succeeded John L. MacDonald on March 4, 1889 . Since he was defeated by the Democrat Osee M. Hall in the elections of 1890 , he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1891 . Between 1891 and 1893 and again in 1897 Hall was chairman of the Chippewa Indian Commission. In 1892 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis , where President Benjamin Harrison was nominated for a second term.

From 1905 to 1910 Darwin Hall served on the board of directors of the Minnesota Agricultural Society. In 1906 he was re-elected to the State Senate. He also worked in agriculture again. He died on February 23, 1919 near the village of Olivia.

Web links

  • Darwin Hall in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Hall, Darwin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hall, Darwin Scott (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 23, 1844
PLACE OF BIRTH Kenosha County , Wisconsin
DATE OF DEATH February 23, 1919
Place of death at Olivia , Minnesota