Osee M. Hall

Osee M. Hall

Osee Matson Hall (born September 10, 1847 in Conneaut , Ohio - †  November 26, 1914 in Saint Paul , Minnesota ) was an American politician ( R ). Between 1891 and 1895 he represented the state of Minnesota in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Osee Hall attended his homeland public schools in Ohio and Hiram College . In 1868 he graduated from Williams College in Williamstown ( Massachusetts ). After a subsequent law degree and his admission to the bar, he began to work in Red Wing, Minnesota in his new profession.

Politically, Hall was a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1885 and 1887 he was a member of the Minnesota Senate . In the 1890 congressional elections, he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Minnesota . There he took over on March 4, 1891, succeeding Darwin Hall of the Republican Party . After a re-election in 1892, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1895 .

In the elections of 1894 Hall was defeated by the Republican Joel Heatwole . After that he worked as a lawyer again. From 1907 until his death in 1914, Osee Hall served on the Minnesota State Tax Commission. He died in Saint Paul on November 26, 1914 and was buried in Red Wing.

Web links

• Osee M. Hall in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Osee M. Hall in the database of Find a Grave (English)