Tim Lee Hall | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromIllinois's15th district | |
| In office January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977 | |
| Preceded by | Leslie C. Arends |
| Succeeded by | Tom Corcoran |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1925-06-11)June 11, 1925 West Frankfort, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | November 12, 2008(2008-11-12) (aged 83) LaGrange, Illinois, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Marianne Heller |
| Children | Two sons |
| Residence | Dwight, Illinois |
| Alma mater | Iowa Wesleyan College(B.A.) Southern Illinois University(M.S.) Valparaiso University(attended) |
| Profession | Educator |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch/service |  United States Coast Guard |
| Years of service | 1943–1946 |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Tim Lee Hall (June 11, 1925 – November 12, 2008) was an American politician andDemocratic member of theUnited States House of Representatives fromIllinois for one term from 1975 to 1977.
Born inWest Frankfort, Illinois, Hall was educated in West Frankfort public schools. During World War II, he and his twin brother left high school in the middle of their junior year to enlist in theUnited States Coast Guard in 1943. Hall served in both theAtlantic theater andPacific theater.[1] After the war, he completed high school. He earned a bachelor of arts fromIowa Wesleyan College in 1951. He earned a Masters of Education Administration and Supervision fromSouthern Illinois University in Carbondale in 1956, and did graduate work atValparaiso University in 1965.[1] He became a social studies teacher and taught for a number of years at Dwight Junior High School. He also worked as an educational consultant with a major publishing company inElgin, Illinois.[1] At the time of his election, he was a training coordinator at William Fox Children's Center, a state facility for children withintellectual anddevelopmental disabilities.[1] In 1959, he met Marianne Heller, a fellow teacher.[2] In 1970, they married and had two sons, Bret Tim and Jon Jason.[1]
In 1972, Hall ran for Congress, but lost. In 1974, Hall ran again for Congress, this time to succeed longtime congressmanLeslie C. Arends, the House Republican Whip since 1943, inIllinois's 15th congressional district which includedDeKalb,LaSalle,Kendall,Grundy,Livingston,Ford,Woodford,Marshall,Putnam counties and the southern portion ofKane County.[3] Hall defeatedRepublican National Committeeman and former CongressmanCliffard D. Carlson ofAurora, Illinois.[4][5]
Hall served in the94th Congress. While in Congress, he served on theCommittee on Education and Labor and theScience and Technology Committee.[1] He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the95th Congress in 1976 when he was defeated by RepublicanTom Corcoran.
He was also an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1978 to the96th Congress and in 1982 to the98th Congress. In 1980, he ran for one of three seats in theIllinois House of Representatives from the 38th district. He finished fourth of four candidates losing to RepublicansThomas W. Ewing andBetty J. Hoxsey and DemocratPeg McDonnell Breslin.[6]
He served as Administrative assistant toIllinois Secretary of State from 1977 to 1983. He ran for the Democratic nomination for the 1991 special election for Illinois's 15th congressional district, but lost to former State RepresentativeGerald A. Bradley.[7][8]
He taught school in Illinois public school system and also served as a principal and superintendent at Goodfarm School until his retirement in the early 1990s. In 2008, Hall slipped outside of his son's house inBolingbrook, Illinois and died later atLa Grange Memorial Hospital inLa Grange, Illinois.[2]
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| Preceded by | U.S. Representative of Illinois' 15th Congressional District 1975–1977 | Succeeded by |
This article incorporatespublic domain material fromBiographical Directory of the United States Congress.Federal government of the United States.
