Augustus Hall
American politician (1814–1861)
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::summary American politician (1814–1861) ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Augustus Hall |
| image | Augustus Hall, 1854-1904 Nebraskans.png |
| caption | Augustus Hall, 1854-1904 Nebraskans |
| state | Iowa |
| district | 1st |
| term_start | March 4, 1855 |
| term_end | March 3, 1857 |
| predecessor | Bernhart Henn |
| successor | Samuel Ryan Curtis |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Batavia, New York, U.S. |
| death_date | |
| death_place | Bellevue, Nebraska, U.S. |
| resting_place | Prospect Hill Cemetery, North Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |
| party | Democratic |
| :: |
| name = Augustus Hall | image = Augustus Hall, 1854-1904 Nebraskans.png | alt = | caption = Augustus Hall, 1854-1904 Nebraskans | state = Iowa | district = 1st | term_start = March 4, 1855 | term_end = March 3, 1857 | predecessor = Bernhart Henn | successor = Samuel Ryan Curtis | birth_date = | birth_place = Batavia, New York, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = Bellevue, Nebraska, U.S. | resting_place = Prospect Hill Cemetery, North Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. | party = Democratic Augustus Hall (April 29, 1814 – February 1, 1861), a lawyer, was a one-term Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa's 1st congressional district, and chief justice of the Nebraska Territory.
Biography
Born in Batavia, New York, Hall was the son of Samuel Hall, who commanded a colonial company in the War of 1812 and was a member of the Whig Party. He attended the common schools and Middleburgh (New York) Academy, and studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1836 and commenced practice in Mount Pleasant, Ohio (according to some sources)
In 1854, Hall was elected as a Democrat to represent Iowa's 1st congressional district in the U.S. House, defeating Whig candidate R. L. B. Clark. but was defeated in the general election by Republican Samuel Curtis.
In 1858, President Buchanan appointed Hall as chief justice of the Nebraska Territory, which then encompassed a vast area west of the Missouri River (to the western edge of the Louisiana Purchase) and north of Kansas Territory (to the Canada–US border). Upon his appointment he immediately moved to Bellevue, Nebraska. He was Chief Justice until his death in Bellevue on February 1, 1861. He was interred in Prospect Hill Cemetery in North Omaha.
Hall and his wife, Jane B. Smith Hall, were the parents of Richard Smith Hall, who became a leading Omaha attorney.
Hall County, Nebraska, where Grand Island is located, was reportedly named for Chief Justice Hall,
References
| state=Iowa | district=1 | before= Bernhart Henn | after= Samuel R. Curtis | years=1855–1857
References
- Julius Sterling Morton, Albert Watkins, George L. Miller, "[https://books.google.com/books?id=hHkUAAAAYAAJ Illustrated History of Nebraska]," Vol. 1. pp. 348 n.5, 413 (Cedar Rapids: Torch Press 1911).
- {{CongBio. H000043
- History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century," Vol. 4 (Augustus Hall)]], pp. 114-15(1902).
- He served in the [[34th United States Congress. Thirty-fourth Congress]], from March 4, 1855, to March 3, 1857. The 1854 election was the last before the establishment of the [[Iowa Republican Party]], which for decades thereafter dominated most congressional elections in Iowa. In 1856 Hall won the Democratic nomination,Burlington Daily Hawk-Eye and Telegraph, 1856-06-23 at p. 2.
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