Leonard W. Hall

Leonard W. Hall (right) on a visit to Jerusalem with Israel's Head of State David Ben Gurion (1951)

Leonard Wood Hall (born October 2, 1900 in Oyster Bay , Nassau County , New York , †  June 2, 1979 in Glen Cove , New York) was an American politician . He represented New York State in the US House of Representatives and was chairman of the Republican National Committee , the party organization of the Republicans , from 1953 to 1957 .

After attending public schools, Leonard Hall graduated from Georgetown University's law school in 1920 . He was inducted into the bar in 1922 and began practicing in New York City . He was politically active for the first time between 1927 and 1928 as a member of the New York House of Representatives ; from 1934 to 1938 he was again a member of the State Assembly . In the meantime he was from 1929 to 1931 sheriff in Nassau County. From 1930 to 1958 he was a delegate to all of the Republican state party conventions; at the Republican National Conventions he took part in 1948, 1952, 1956 and 1968.

In 1938 Hall was elected to Congress for the first time , where he first represented the 1st electoral district of New York State, then from 1945 the 2nd district. He remained after multiple re-elections until December 31, 1952 in Parliament and was then for a short time elected administrative officer ( surrogate ) in Nassau County. He resigned to become chairman of the Republican National Committee . After four years he passed Republican leadership to Meade Alcorn .

Hall fulfilled his last job in government services in 1958 as the personal representative of US President Dwight D. Eisenhower at the opening of the World's Fair in Brussels . He then went back to work as a lawyer in Garden City and New York before retiring in Locust Valley .

Web links

• Leonard W. Hall in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Leonard W. Hall in the database of Find a Grave (English)