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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriWilliam Augustus HALL
(1815-1888)
HALL, William Augustus,
(father of Uriel Sebree Hall and brother of Willard Preble Hall), a
Representative from Missouri; born in Portland, Maine, October 15,
1815; moved with his parents to Harpers Ferry, Va.; attended the
public schools and Yale College; accompanied his father to Randolph
County, Mo., in 1840; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1841
and commenced practice in Huntsville, Mo.; moved to Fayette, Mo.,
and continued the practice of law; judge of the circuit court
1847-1861; during the Mexican War served as captain; delegate to
the State constitutional convention in 1861; elected as a Democrat
to the Thirty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the
expulsion of John B. Clark; reelected as a Unionist to the
Thirty-eighth Congress and served from January 20, 1862, to March
3, 1865; was not a candidate for renomination in 1864; delegate to
the Democratic National Convention in 1864; resumed the practice of
law and also engaged in agricultural pursuits; died near Darkville,
Randolph County, Mo., December 15, 1888; interment in the family
private cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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