Robert Bernard Hall Politician

Robert Bernard Hall (January 28, 1812 - April 15, 1868) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. He was born in Boston on January 28, 1812. He entered the Boston Latin School, studied theology in New Haven, Connecticut, and was ordained to the ministry, first as a Congregationalist and then as an Episcopalian. Hall was one of the twelve original members of Garrison’s Anti-Slavery Society. He moved to Plymouth, Massachusetts and served in the Massachusetts State Senate. He was 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). Hall was a delegate to the National Union Convention in Philadelphia, and died in Plymouth on April 15, 1868. Interment was in Oak Grove Cemetery.

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 28, 1812
Birth place
Boston
Date of deathApril 15, 1868
Place of death
Plymouth Massachusetts

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Republican Party (United States)
Whig Party (United States)
region
Massachusetts's 1st congressional district

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