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He was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, who served in the Delaware Senate, as a United States representative from Delaware and as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. He served as the first President of the Delaware Historical Society, was President of the state Bible society, and was instrumental in the formation of the Wilmington Savings Fund Society as a community bank, serving as its President for more than 40 years.Table of ContentsEducation and career[edit]Congressional service[edit]Federal judicial service[edit]Other service[edit]Religious service[edit]Electoral history[edit]See also[edit]References[edit]Sources[edit]External links[edit]Places with more information[edit]Education and career[edit]Born on December 24, 1780, in Westford, Massachusetts,[1] Hall attended the public schools and Westford Academy.[2] He graduated from Harvard University in 1799 and read law in 1803.[1] He was admitted to the bar and entered private practice in Dover, Delaware from 1803 to 1823.[1] He was Secretary of State of Delaware from 1811 to 1814, and from 1821 to 1823.[1]Congressional service[edit]Hall was elected as a Democratic-Republican from Delaware’s at-large congressional district to the United States House of Representatives of the 15th United States Congress.[2] He was reelected to the 16th United States Congress and served from March 4, 1817, until January 22, 1821, when he resigned.[2] He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1820 for reelection to the 17th United States Congress.[2] He was a member of the Delaware Senate in 1822.[2] He was the compiler of the Revised Code of Delaware in 1829.[2] He was a delegate to the Delaware constitutional convention in 1821.[2]Federal judicial service[edit]Hall received a recess appointment from President James Monroe on May 6, 1823, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Delaware vacated by Judge John Fisher.[1] He was nominated to the same position by President Monroe on December 5, 1823.[1] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 9, 1823, and received his commission the same day.[1] His service terminated on December 6, 1871, due to his retirement.[1]Other service[edit]Hall was President of the Wilmington School Board from 1852 to 1870.[2] Hall was also the first President of the Delaware Historical Society.[3] In September 1831, Hall was among twenty-five founding members elected to serve on the board of the newly formed Wilmington Savings Fund Society, a community bank designed to provide persons with only modest savings a safe place to deposit their funds. On October 1, 1831, Hall was elected president of the bank, a position he held until 1872, when he retired at the age of 92.[4][5]  Hall died on May 10, 1875, in Wilmington, Delaware,[1] where he had moved in 1825.[2] He was interred in the Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery in Wilmington.[2]In 1806, Hall married Junia Killen, the daughter of Chancellor William Killen and they had a daughter, Lucinda. Junia died in 1826 and Hall married Harriet Hillyard.[6]Religious service[edit]Hall served as a ruling elder and Sunday School teacher in the Presbyterian Church.[5]Electoral history[edit][citation needed]See also[edit]References[edit]Sources[edit]Conrad, Henry C. (1908). History of the State of Delaware. Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Wickersham Company.Hall, David Brainerd (1883). The Halls of New England: Genealogical and Biographical. Albany, New York: J. Munsell’s Sons.Hoffecker, Carol E. (2004). Democracy in Delaware. Wilmington, Delaware: Cedar Tree Books. ISBN\u00a01-892142-23-6.Martin, Roger A. (1984). A History of Delaware Through its Governors. Wilmington, Delaware: McClafferty Press.Scharf, John Thomas (1888). History of Delaware 1609\u20131888. 2 vols. Philadelphia: L. J. Richards & Co.Wilson, Emerson. (1969). Forgotten Heroes of Delaware. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Deltos Publishing Company.External links[edit]Places with more information[edit]"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/willard-hall-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Willard Hall – Wikipedia"}}]}]