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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriUriel Sebree HALL
(1852-1932)
HALL, Uriel Sebree, (son
of William Augustus Hall and nephew of Willard Preble Hall), a
Representative from Missouri; born near Huntsville, Randolph
County, Mo., April 12, 1852; was tutored privately and was
graduated from Mount Pleasant College, Huntsville, Mo., in 1873;
served as superintendent of schools at Moberly, Mo.; founded an
academy at Prairie Hill, Mo., and served as its president; studied
law; was admitted to the bar in 1879 and practiced in Moberly,
Randolph County, Mo., until 1885, when he engaged in agricultural
pursuits near Hubbard, Mo.; elected as a Democrat to the
Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1893-March 3,
1897); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1896;
president of Pritchett College, Glasgow, Mo., 1897-1901; moved to
Columbia, Mo., in 1918 and founded the Hall West Point-Annapolis
Coaching School, serving as its president and supervisor from 1918
to 1930, when he retired; died in Columbia, Mo., December 30, 1932;
interment in Oakland Cemetery, Moberly, Mo.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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