Edwin Arthur Hall

Edwin Arthur Hall

Edwin Arthur Hall (born February 11, 1909 in Binghamton , New York , †  October 18, 2004 in Montrose , Pennsylvania ) was an American politician . Between 1939 and 1953 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Edwin Hall was the great-grandson of Congressman John A. Collier (1787–1873). He attended public schools in his home country and then Cornell University in Ithaca . He later worked in construction and banking. He also worked in agriculture. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . In 1935 he served on his party's Broome County board; In 1936 he took part as a delegate at the regional party convention of the Republicans for the state of New York. Between 1937 and 1939 he was a member of the Binghamton Parish Council.

After the death of MP Bert Lord Hall was elected at the by-election for the 34th seat of New York as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on November 7, 1939. After five re-elections, he could remain in Congress until January 3, 1953 . Since 1945 he represented the 37th  electoral district of his state there. The Roosevelt government's last New Deal laws were passed by 1941 , which Hall's party was rather hostile to. Since 1941, the work of the Congress was also shaped by the events of World War II . Hall also saw the beginning of the Cold War and Korean War as a Congressman.

In 1952 he was no longer nominated for re-election by his party. In 1953 and 1954 he served on the staff of Richard Knauf, a member of the New York State Assembly ; from 1955 to 1956 he was employed by the New York State Civil Service Commission in Syracuse . He then worked for the New York State Soil Conservation Service until 1958 . Between 1962 and 1971 he served on various school boards in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. Edwin Hall died in Montrose on October 18, 2004.

Web links

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

predecessor	Office	successor
Bert Lord	United States House of Representatives for New York (34th constituency) November 7, 1939 - January 3, 1945	Clarence E. Kilburn
W. Sterling Cole	United States House of Representatives for New York (37th constituency) January 3, 1945 - January 3, 1953	W. Sterling Cole