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William Augustus Hall
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri |
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| In office January 20, 1862 – March 3, 1865 |
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| Preceded by | John Bullock Clark |
| Succeeded by | John F. Benjamin |
| Constituency | 3rd district (1862–1863) 9th district (1863–1865) |
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| Born | October 15, 1815 Portland, Maine |
| Died | October 15, 1888 (aged 73) Missouri |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Relatives | Uriel Sebree Hall (son) Willard Preble Hall (brother) |
William Augustus Hall (October 15, 1815 – December 15, 1888) was an American politician who served in the US House of Representatives. He was the brother of Missouri Governor and Representative Willard Preble Hall and the father of Representative Uriel Sebree Hall.
Early years
Born in Portland, Maine, on October 15, 1815, Hall moved with his family to Harpers Ferry, Virginia, at a young age and attended the local schools there. He attended Yale College, relocated to Missouri in 1840, and was admitted to its bar in 1841.
Political career
Hall was a captain in the American-Mexican War.
He served as judge of the Circuit Court in Missouri from 1847 to 1861 and as delegate to the Missouri Constitutional Convention in 1861. That year, he was elected to the 37th Congress as a replacement for John Bullock Clark, who had been expelled from Congress for taking up arms against the United States. He was elected on his own merit in 1862 and served from January 20, 1862 to March 4, 1865. He did not seek an additional term in 1864.
Hall's personal views on slavery are not known, but he is known to have had strong unionist views.
He served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1864.
Later years
After his term in Congress ended, Hall returned to the practice of law. He died near Darksville, Missouri, on December 15, 1888 and was buried in a family plot.
