Bolling Hall

Bolling Hall ( born December 25, 1767 Dinwiddie County, Virginia; † February 25, 1836 in Elmore County, Alabama ) was an American politician. Between 1811 and 1817 he represented the state of Georgia in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

After a good primary education Bolling Hall took part in spite of his youth in the war of independence. In 1792 he moved to the Hancock County, Georgia, where he managed a farm. In his new home, Hall held a number of local offices. Later he became a member of, founded by Thomas Jefferson Democratic- Republican Party.

Between 1800 and 1802, and again from 1804 to 1806 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Georgia. In the state- wide held congressional elections of 1810 Hall was for the third parliamentary seat of Georgia in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Dennis Smelt on March 4, 1811. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1817 three legislative periods. In this time the British -American War fell from 1812.

After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives Hall moved to Alabama, where he established a plantation near Montgomery and managed. In 1824 he headed the reception committee for General Lafayette, who visited the State of Alabama during his tour of the United States. Bolling Hall died on February 25, 1836 on his plantation in what is now Elmore County and was also buried there.