Albert Hall | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's11th district | |
| In office March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1931 | |
| Preceded by | Samuel E. Cook |
| Succeeded by | Glenn Griswold |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Albert Richardson Hall (1884-08-27)August 27, 1884 |
| Died | November 29, 1969(1969-11-29) (aged 85) Marion, Indiana, U.S. |
Albert Richardson Hall (August 27, 1884 – November 29, 1969) was an American educator and politician who served three terms as aU.S. representative fromIndiana from 1925 to 1931.
Hall was born nearWest Baden Springs, Indiana, Hall attended the district school and the Paoli (Indiana) High School. He graduated from Indiana Central Business College (now theUniversity of Indianapolis) atIndianapolis in 1906 and fromEarlham College,Richmond, Indiana, in 1912. He served as principal of the high school atFrench Lick, Indiana from 1909 to 1911,superintendent of schools ofFairmount from 1913 to 1917, ofWaterloo in 1917 and 1918, and ofGrant County 1921–1925.
Hall was elected as aRepublican to theSixty-ninth,Seventieth, andSeventy-first Congresses (March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1931). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1930 to theSeventy-second Congress and for election in 1934 to theSeventy-fourth Congress.
Hall engaged in commercial printing from 1932 to 1942, and served as secretary and treasurer of Driveways Contractors, Inc. He engaged in thereal estate business inMarion, Indiana, was editor of aFairmount, Indiana newspaper, and operator of Indiana Hotel in Marion, Indiana, from 1961 until his death in Marion on November 29, 1969.
He was interred in theI.O.O.F. Cemetery.
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromBiographical Directory of the United States Congress.Federal government of the United States.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromIndiana's 11th congressional district 1925–1931 | Succeeded by |