Hiland Hall

Hiland Hall
25th Governor of Vermont
In office October 10, 1858 – October 12, 1860
Lieutenant	Burnham Martin
Preceded by	Ryland Fletcher
Succeeded by	Erastus Fairbanks
Member of the United States House of Representatives from Vermont's 1st district
In office January 1, 1833 – March 3, 1843
Preceded by	Jonathan Hunt
Succeeded by	Solomon Foot
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives
In office 1827
Personal details
Born	July 20, 1795 Bennington, Vermont
Died	December 18, 1885 (aged 90) Springfield, Massachusetts
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Dolly Tuttle Davis
Children	Henry D. Hall, Laura Van Der Spiegle Hall Park
Profession	Lawyer / Judge / Politician

Hiland Hall (July 20, 1795 – December 18, 1885) was an American lawyer and politician who served as Governor of Vermont and a United States Representative.

Biography

Hall was born in Bennington, Vermont. He attended the common schools, studied law with Bennington attorney Marshall Carter, and was admitted to the bar in 1819 and commenced practice in Bennington. He married Dolly Tuttle Davis on October 27, 1818, and they had seven children; Marshall Carter (known as M. Carter); Eliza Davis; Henry Davis; Hiland Hubbard; Nathaniel Blatchley; Laura Van Der Spiegle; John Van Der Spiegle; and Charles.^[1]

Laura was the wife of businessman and lawyer Trenor W. Park. Elizabeth Hall Park, the daughter of Laura Hall and Trenor Park, was the wife of Governor John G. McCullough.

Hiland Hall originally owned the land where the Park-McCullough Historic House now stands, and sold it to Trenor Park in the 1860s so Park could have a home constructed on it. The Park-McCullough House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

Career

Hall was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1827. He served as clerk of Bennington County in 1828 and 1829. He was the county state’s attorney from 1828 to 1831.^[2]

Hall was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Jonathan Hunt. He was re-elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses and elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth through Twenty-seventh Congresses and served from January 1, 1833 to March 3, 1843.^[3] While in Congress he served as chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Claims (Twenty-seventh Congress). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1842.

Hall served as the State Bank Commissioner from 1843 to 1846. He was a judge of the Vermont Supreme Court from 1846 to 1850. He was the Second Comptroller of the Treasury from November 27, 1850 to September 10, 1851. He served as United States land commissioner for California from 1851 to 1854, and then returned to Vermont.^[4]

Hall was the 25th Governor of Vermont from 1858 to 1860. He was also a member of the Peace Conference of 1861 held in an effort to prevent the start of the American Civil War.^[5]

Death and legacy

Hall died in Springfield, Massachusetts and is interred in the Old Bennington Cemetery.^[6] The Hiland Hall School in Bennington is named for him.

References

1. "Hiland Hall". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
2. "Hiland Hall". National Governors Association. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
3. "Hiland Hall". Govtrack US Congress. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
4. "Hiland Hall". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
5. "Hiland Hall". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
6. "Hiland Hall". Find A Grave. Retrieved 10 November 2012.

External links

• United States Congress. "Hiland Hall (id: H000052)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• The Hiland Hall School
• Hiland Hall at Find a Grave
• National Governors Association
• Govtrack US Congress
• Ancestry.com