William Augustus Hall

William Augustus Hall (born October 15, 1815 in Portland , Maine , †  December 15, 1888 in Darksville , Missouri ) was an American politician . Between 1862 and 1865 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Hall was the older brother of Governor and Congressman Willard Preble Hall (1820-1882) and the father of Congressman Uriel Sebree Hall (1852-1932). In his youth he moved to Harpers Ferry , Virginia with his parents . He attended public schools and then Yale College . In 1840 he moved to Randolph County , Missouri with his father . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1841, he began to work in this profession in Huntsville . He later moved his residence and legal practice to Fayette . During the Mexican-American War , Hall was a captain in the American armed forces. Between 1847 and 1861 he was a district judge. In 1861 he was a delegate to a meeting to revise the constitution of his state.

Politically, Hall was a member of the Democratic Party . After the expulsion of Congressman John Bullock Clark , who joined the Confederation , Hall was elected as its successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC at the by-election due for the third seat of Missouri , where he became his new one on January 20, 1862 Took office. After being re-elected, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1865 . This time was determined by the events of the civil war .

In 1864 Hall declined to run again. In the same year he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago , where General George B. McClellan was nominated as a presidential candidate. As a result he practiced again as a lawyer; he was also active in agriculture. William Hall died on December 15, 1888 near Darksville.

Web links

• William Augustus Hall in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William Augustus Hall in the database of Find a Grave (English)