Willard Hall (politician)

Willard Hall

Willard Hall (born December 24, 1780 in Westford , Middlesex County , Massachusetts , †  May 10, 1875 in Wilmington , Delaware ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1817 and 1821 he represented the state of Delaware in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Willard Hall attended his home public schools and Westford Academy . He then studied at Harvard University until 1799 . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1803, he began to work in Dover in his new profession.

Hall became a member of the Democratic Republican Party . Between 1811 and 1814 he was Secretary of State, the executive officer of the state government of Delaware. In 1816 he was elected second member of his state to the US House of Representatives. After re-election in 1818, he could remain in Congress between March 4, 1817 and January 22, 1821 . After losing the elections in 1820, he resigned prematurely from his mandate in January 1821.

In 1821 Hall was again Secretary of State in Delaware. At that time he laid the foundation for the future school system of this state. In 1821 he was a delegate to a meeting to revise the state constitution. Between January 6, 1822 and January 5, 1823, he sat for a term in the Delaware Senate . On May 6, 1823, Willard Hall was appointed Judge in the Federal District Court for the District of Delaware by President James Monroe . He held this office until December 6, 1871. Since 1825 he was based in Wilmington. In 1829 he summarized the new laws of the state of Delaware.

From 1852 to 1870 he was in addition to his judicial work also chairman of the school committee of the city of Wilmington. After his resignation from the judge's office in December 1871 at the age of almost 91, he retired. He died in May 1875 at the age of 94 and was buried in Wilmington.

Web links

• Willard Hall in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Willard Hall in the database of Find a Grave (English)