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James H. Hall

Senate 1919-22 (District 13)

Party when first elected:  Nonpartisan Election

Counties Served:  Lyon, Yellow Medicine

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Date of Birth: 1/5/1876
Birth Place: Illinois
Birth County: Kankakee
Birth Country: United States
Date of Death: 8/6/1956
Gender: Male
Religion: Methodist
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
City of Residence (when first elected): Marshall
Occupation (when first elected): Practicing Law/Former School Teacher, School District #58, Shelburne Township, Lyon County, Minnesota, 1899-1901

EDUCATION

Hand County Country Schools, South Dakota; At Least Elementary School;
Wessington Springs Seminary, South Dakota; College Graduate; 1899; Honoray Doctor of Laws Degree, 1956
St. Paul College of Law; Studied Law; Admitted to Practice, June 1905

OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE

School Board/Administration: Marshall, Minnesota (School Board of Education, 21 years); 1??? to 1???
State Board/Commission/Council: Minnesota Commission of Public Safety (Lyon County); 19?? to 19??
County Attorney: Lyon County, Minnesota; 1911 to 1919
Municipal Attorney: Marshall, Minnesota (City Attorney); 1919 to 1926
U.S. Executive Branch: United States Selective Service (Appeal Agent, World War II and Korean War, Lyon County); 194? to 195?

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

Spouse: Married (married in January 1906)
Children:
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:

GENERAL NOTES

He was a Trustee for Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota.

He was a 32nd Degree Mason and a member of the Osman Shrine in St. Paul, Minnesota.

He died, from complications due to injuries received in a January car accident, in Weiner Memorial Hospital in Marshall, Minnesota.

He was a member of Marshall Methodist Church.

Religion provided by the Minnesota Journal of the Senate, April 5, 1957, p. 1332.

Total Days Served: 1456

SESSIONS SERVED

42nd Legislative Session (1921-1922) (second half of Senate term)

  Session Details   Convened Date: 1/4/1921
Body: Senate
District: 13
Elected: 11/5/1918
Residence: Marshall
Term of Office: 1/6/1919 to 12/31/1922
Oath Date: 1/7/1919
Counties Represented: Lyon, Yellow Medicine
Occupation: Practicing Law
Party: Nonpartisan Election
Committees:
  • Drainage
  • Finance
  • Judiciary
  • Public Highways
  • Public Welfare and Health
  • Taxes

41st Legislative Session (1919-1920)

  Session Details   Convened Date: 1/7/1919
Body: Senate
District: 13
Elected: 11/5/1918
Residence: Marshall
Term of Office: 1/6/1919 to 12/31/1922
Oath Date: 1/7/1919
Counties Represented: Lyon, Yellow Medicine
Occupation: Practicing Law/Former School Teacher, School District #58, Shelburne Township, Lyon County, Minnesota, 1899-1901
Party: Nonpartisan Election
Committees:
  • Civil Administration
  • Drainage
  • Judiciary
  • Public Welfare and Health
  • State and County Fairs
  • State Development and Immigration

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