Robert Bernard Hall
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| Robert B. Hall | |
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| In office 1855 – 1859 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas D. Eliot |
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| Succeeded by | Thomas D. Eliot |
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| Born | January 28, 1812 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Died | April 15, 1868 Plymouth, Massachusetts |
| Political party | Republican/Whig |
Robert Bernard Hall was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.
Hall was born in Boston, Mass., January 28, 1812; entered the Boston Latin School in 1822; studied theology in New Haven in 1833 and 1834 and was ordained to the ministry, first as a Congregationalist and then as an Episcopalian; was one of the twelve original members of Garrison’s Anti-Slavery Society in 1832; moved to Plymouth, Mass.; served in the State senate in 1855; elected as the candidate of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1859); delegate to the Union Convention at Philadelphia in 1866; died in Plymouth, Mass., April 15, 1868; interment in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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| Preceded by Thomas D. Eliot |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 1st congressional district March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859 |
Succeeded by Thomas D. Eliot |
