Joshua G. Hall

Joshua Gilman Hall
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 79) Dover, New Hampshire
Resting place	Pine Hill Cemetery
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Susan E Bigelow Hall
Children	Grace B Hall Cook Susan Gertrude Hall Sawyer Dwight Hall
Parents	Joshua G. Hall Betsey Plumer
Alma mater	Dartmouth College

Joshua Gilman Hall (November 5, 1828 –October 31, 1898) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.

Early life

Born 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.

Career

Hall 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). Subsequently, he resumed the practice of law.

Death

Hall 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

On November 16, 1861, Hall married S. Lizzie Bigelow and they had three children, Grace, Susan, and Dwight.

External links

• Joshua G. Hall at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Frank Jones	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire's 1st congressional district March 4, 1879–March 4, 1883	Succeeded by Martin Alonzo Haynes

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