Durward Gorham Hall

Durward Gorham Hall

Durward Gorham Hall (born September 14, 1910 in Cassville , Barry County , Missouri , †  March 15, 2001 in Albany , Oregon ) was an American politician . Between 1961 and 1973 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Durward Hall attended Greenwood High School , which is affiliated with Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield , until 1926 . He then studied until 1930 at the local Drury College . After a subsequent medical degree at Rush Medical College in Chicago and his license as a doctor in 1934, Hall began to work in his new profession. During World War II , he served in the United States Army medical service . Later he was a medic in the Army Reserve.

Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party . In 1964 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in San Francisco , where Barry Goldwater was nominated as a presidential candidate. In the 1960 congressional election , Hall was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the seventh constituency of Missouri , where he succeeded Charles Harrison Brown on January 3, 1961 . After five re-elections, he was able to complete six legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1973 . These were shaped by the events of the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War . During this time, the 23rd , 24th , 25th and 26th amendments to the Constitution were ratified.

In 1972 Hall renounced another congressional candidacy. He later co-founded and from 1973 to 1981 curator of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda ( Maryland ). Hall also included the medical faculty of Eckerd College in St. Petersburg ( Florida on). He died on March 15, 2001 in Albany, Oregon and was buried in Springfield, where he spent his old age.

Web links

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

• Durward Gorham Hall in the database of Find a Grave (English)