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Kenneth Hall, Sr. (May 20, 1915–March 21, 1995) was an American politician.

Biography

Hall was born in East St. Louis, Illinois. He went to Parks College in Cahokia, Illinois. Hall served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1967 to 1971 and was a Democrat. He then serve in the Illinois Senate from 1971 until his death in 1995. Hall was the first African-American to served as assistant majority leader in the Illinois Senate. Hall died from pneumonia at the Saint Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri.

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