Willard Hall, U.S. Congress

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Hon. Willard Hall

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Death: May 10, 1875 (94)
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, United States
Place of Burial: Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Willis Hall and Mehitable Hall
Husband of Harriet Hall and Junia Hall
Father of Lucinda Hortensia Porter

Occupation: Politican
Managed by: Tamás Flinn Caldwell-Gilbert
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About Willard Hall, U.S. Congress

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willard_Hall

Willard Hall, a Representative from Delaware; born in Westford, Middlesex County, Mass., on December 24, 1780; attended the public schools and Westford Academy; was graduated from Harvard University in 1799; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1803 and commenced practice in Dover, Del.; secretary of state of Delaware 1811-1814; elected as a Republican to the Fifteenth Congress; reelected to the Sixteenth Congress and served from March 4, 1817, until January 22, 1821, when he resigned; unsuccessful candidate in 1820 for reelection to the Seventeenth Congress; again secretary of state in 1821; member of the State senate in 1822; appointed United States district judge for Delaware and served from May 6, 1823, until December 6, 1871, when he resigned; moved to Wilmington, Del., in 1825; compiler of the Revised Code of Delaware in 1829; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1821; president of the Wilmington School Board 1852-1870; died in Wilmington, Del., May 10, 1875; interment in Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery.

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Hall was a US Representative from Delaware; born in Westford, Middlesex County, MA, on December 24, 1780; attended the public schools and Westford Academy; was graduated from Harvard University in 1799; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1803 and commenced practice in Dover, Del.; secretary of state of Delaware 1811-1814; elected as a Republican to the Fifteenth Congress; reelected to the Sixteenth Congress and served from March 4, 1817, until January 22, 1821, when he resigned; unsuccessful candidate in 1820 for reelection to the Seventeenth Congress; again secretary of state in 1821; member of the State senate in 1822; appointed United States district judge for Delaware and served from May 6, 1823, until December 6, 1871, when he resigned; moved to Wilmington, Del., in 1825; compiler of the Revised Code of Delaware in 1829; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1821; president of the Wilmington School Board 1852-1870; died in Wilmington, Del., May 10, 1875; interment in Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery.

'US Congressional Biography' - https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/14382

'Find A Grave' - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33966212/willard-hall

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Willard Hall, U.S. Congress's Timeline

1780
December 24, 1780
Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
1809
March 23, 1809
Dover, Kent County, Delaware, United States
1875
May 10, 1875
Age 94
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, United States
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Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, United States