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Robert S. Hall

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American politician (1879–1941)
Robert S. Hall
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives
fromMississippi's6th district
In office
March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933
Preceded byT. Webber Wilson
Succeeded byWilliam M. Colmer
Member of theMississippi State Senate
In office
1906–1908
Personal details
BornRobert Samuel Hall
(1879-03-10)March 10, 1879
DiedJune 10, 1941(1941-06-10) (aged 62)
Resting placeOld City Cemetery,Hattiesburg, Mississippi, U.S.
PartyDemocratic
Alma materMillsaps College
ProfessionPolitician, lawyer

Robert Samuel Hall (March 10, 1879 – June 10, 1941) was aU.S. Representative fromMississippi.

Born inWilliamsburg, Mississippi, Hall attended the common schools of Williamsburg andHattiesburg, Mississippi. He taught school inHancock County, Mississippi, in 1894. He was graduated fromMillsaps College,Jackson, Mississippi, in 1898. He owned and edited theHattiesburg Citizen from 1895 to 1900 and from 1920 to 1925.

Hall was graduated from the law department of Millsaps College in 1900. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Hattiesburg. He served as member of the State senate 1906-1908. He served as delegate to theDemocratic National Convention in1908. He served as prosecuting attorney of Forrest County 1910–1912, as district attorney of the twelfth judicial district from 1912 to 1918, and as circuit judge of that district from 1918 to 1929.

Hall was elected as aDemocrat to the Seventy-first and Seventy-second Congresses (March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933). He served as chairman of the Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation (Seventy-second Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1932.

He was employed in the legal division of theFederal Trade Commission inWashington, D.C., from 1933 until his death inArlington, Virginia, June 10, 1941. He was interred in the Old City Cemetery,Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
fromMississippi's 6th congressional district

1929–1933
Succeeded by
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