Joshua Gilman Hall (November 5, 1828 – October 31, 1898) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.
Joshua Gilman Hall | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire's 1st district | |
| In office March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883 | |
| Preceded by | Frank Jones |
| Succeeded by | Martin Alonzo Haynes |
| Mayor of Dover, New Hampshire | |
| In office 1866–1867 | |
| Preceded by | William E. Estes |
| Succeeded by | Eli V. Brewster |
| Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives | |
| In office 1874 | |
| Member of the New Hampshire Senate | |
| In office 1871-1872 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 5, 1828 Wakefield, New Hampshire |
| Died | October 31, 1898 (aged 69) Dover, New Hampshire |
| Resting place | Pine Hill Cemetery |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Susan E Bigelow Hall |
| Children | Grace B Hall Cook Susan Gertrude Hall Sawyer Dwight Hall |
| Parent(s) | Joshua G. Hall Betsey Plumer |
| Alma mater | Dartmouth College |
Early life
editBorn in Wakefield, Carroll Counthy, New Hampshire, Hall attended Gilmanton Academy, and in 1851 was graduated from Dartmouth College in Hanover. He studied law with Daniel M. Christie and was admitted to the bar in 1855, practicing in Wakefield and Dover, New Hampshire.[1]
Career
editHall served as solicitor of Strafford County, 1862–1874, and as mayor of Dover in 1866 and 1867. He was a member of the New Hampshire Senate in 1871 and 1872, and he served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1874. He was the United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire from April 1874 to February 1879.
Elected as a Republican to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses, Hall was United States Representative for the state of New Hampshire from (March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883).[2] Subsequently, he resumed the practice of law.
Death
editHall died in Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire on October 31, 1898 (age 69 years, 360 days). He is interred at Pine Hill Cemetery in Dover.
Family life
editOn November 16, 1861, Hall married S. Lizzie Bigelow and they had three children, Grace, Susan, and Dwight.[3]
References
edit- ^ Lewis Publishing Company (1908). Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 3. Lewis Publishing Company, 1908 - New Hampshire. p. 1254. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ^ Granite Monthly: A New Hampshire Magazine, Volume 1. 1878 Harvard University. 1878. pp. 321–323. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ^ Willey, George Franklyn (1903). State Builders: An Illustrated Historical and Biographical Record of the State of New Hampshire at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century. The New Hampshire Publishing Corporation, 1903 - New Hampshire. pp. 382–383. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
Joshua Gilman Hall.
External links
edit- United States Congress. "Joshua G. Hall (id: H000057)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress