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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeWilliam HALL
(1775-1856)
HALL, William, a
Representative from Tennessee; born in Surry County, N.C., February
11, 1775; attended the country schools; moved with his parents to
New River, N.C., in 1779 and to Sumner County, Tenn., in 1785 and
engaged in agricultural pursuits; served in the State house of
representatives 1797-1805; brigadier general in the War of 1812;
served under Jackson in the Creek War and against the British;
member of the State senate 1821-1829, and served as speaker
1827-1829; served as Governor of Tennessee in 1829, succeeding Gov.
Sam Houston; major general of militia; elected as a Jacksonian to
the Twenty-second Congress (March 4, 1831-March 3, 1833); resumed
agricultural pursuits; died on his farm, “Locust Land,”
near Castalian Springs, Sumner County, Tenn., October 7, 1856;
interment in the family cemetery on his farm.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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