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  Hall, Hiland
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NameHiland Hall
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Bennington, Vermont , United States
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Born July 20, 1795
DiedDecember 18, 1885 (90 years)
ContributorJoshua L.
Last ModifedJoshua L.
Dec 19, 2004 10:26am
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InfoHALL, Hiland, a Representative from Vermont; born in Bennington, Vt., July 20, 1795; attended the common schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1819 and commenced practice in Bennington; member of the State house of representatives in 1827; clerk of Benton County in 1828 and 1829; State’s attorney 1828-1831; elected to the Twenty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Jonathan Hunt; reelected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress and as a Whig to the Twenty-fourth through Twenty-seventh Congresses and served from January 1, 1833, to March 3, 1843; chairman, Committee on Revolutionary Claims (Twenty-seventh Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1842; State bank commissioner 1843-1846; judge of the State supreme court 1846-1850; Second Comptroller of the Treasury from November 27, 1850, to September 10, 1851; United States land commissioner for California 1851-1854; returned to Vermont; Governor of Vermont 1858-1860; member of the peace convention of 1861 held in Washington, D.C., in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending war; died in Springfield, Mass., December 18, 1885; interment in Bennington Center Cemetery, Bennington, Vt.

HALL, Hiland, jurist, born in Bennington, Vermont, 20 July, 1795; died in Springfield, Massachusetts, 18 December, 1885. He was educated in the common schools, was admitted to the bar in 1819, and elected to the Vermont legislature in 1827. He was state attorney in 1828-'31, and served in congress from 1833 till 1843, having been elected as a Whig. He was then appointed bank commissioner, became judge of the state supreme court in 1846, and in 1850 2d comptroller of the treasury, and land-com-missioner to California to settle disputed titles between citizens of the United States and Mexicans. Judge Hall was an earnest advocate for anti-slavery, and a delegate to the first National Republican convention in 1856. In 1858 he succeeded Ryland Fletcher as governor of Vermont, and was re-elected in 1859. He was a delegate to the Peace congress that was held in Washington, D. C., in February, 1861. Governor Hall was president of the Vermont historical society for twelve years, and for twenty-five years was vice president of the New England historic-genealogical society. He is the author of a "History of Vermont" (Albany, 1868).

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  02/01/1861 Washington Peace Convention - Delegate Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  09/06/1859 VT Governor Won 68.40% (+36.83%)
  09/07/1858 VT Governor Won 68.69% (+37.80%)
  09/01/1840 VT - District 01 Won 62.90% (+25.79%)
  09/01/1838 VT - District 01 Won 61.03% (+22.05%)
  09/06/1836 VT - District 01 Won 58.26% (+16.53%)
  09/02/1834 VT - District 01 Won 51.63% (+23.28%)
  01/01/1833 VT - District 01 Won 51.43% (+22.99%)
  01/01/1833 VT - District 01 - Special Election - Fourth Trial Won 55.69% (+27.88%)
  11/06/1832 VT - District 01 - Special Election - Third Trial Won 48.73% (+20.39%)
  09/04/1832 VT - District 01 - Special Election - Second Trial Lost 1.31% (-43.91%)
  07/06/1832 VT - District 01 - Special Election - First Trial Lost 19.08% (-24.62%)
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