Joshua G. Hall

Joshua Gilman Hall
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire's 1st district
Preceded by	Frank Jones
Succeeded by	Martin Alonzo Haynes
Mayor of Dover, New Hampshire
In office 1866–1867
Preceded by	William E. Estes
Succeeded by	Eli V. Brewster
Personal details
Born	November 5, 1828 Wakefield, New Hampshire
Died	October 31, 1898 Dover, New Hampshire
Resting place	Pine Hill Cemetery
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Dartmouth College

Joshua Gilman Hall (November 5, 1828 - October 31, 1898) was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.

Born in Wakefield, New Hampshire, Hall attended Gilmanton Academy, and in 1851 was graduated from Dartmouth College in Hanover. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1855, practicing in Wakefield and Dover, New Hampshire.

Hall served as solicitor of Strafford County, 1862–1874, and as mayor of Dover in 1866 and 1867. He was a member of the New Hampshire Senate in 1871 and 1872, and he served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1874. He was the United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire from April 1874 to February 1879.

Hall was elected as a Republican to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1883). Subsequently, he resumed the practice of law and died in Dover on October 31, 1898. He was interred in Pine Hill Cemetery.

References

• United States Congress. "Joshua G. Hall (id: H000057)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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