Hall S. Lusk

Hall Stoner Lusk ( born September 21, 1883 in Washington DC; † 15 May 1983; Beaverton, Oregon) was an American lawyer and politician (Democratic Party). He represented the State of Oregon for a short time in the U.S. Senate.

After attending a private school in Georgetown sat Hall Lusk continued his education at Georgetown University and received his degree there in 1904. Three years later he graduated from the local Law School Bachelor of Laws and was admitted to the Bar Association of the District of Columbia. At this time he was already working as a secretary of a Chief Justice of the local Federal Court of Appeal. This activity practiced Lusk still out until 1909. In that year he moved to Oregon, where he also joined the Bar in 1910 and commenced practice in Portland.

From 1918 to 1920 Lusk was Deputy Attorney General of Oregon; in 1922 he applied unsuccessfully for a seat in the State Parliament. In 1930 he became district judge in Multnomah County and remained in that post until Governor Charles Martin appointed him on 22 July 1937 as a successor to the late James U. Campbell as a judge on the Oregon Supreme Court. 1938, 1944, 1950 and 1956, he was confirmed in each case for six more years by the citizens of the state; while he stood the Court 1949-1951 before Chief Justice.

On March 15, 1960 Lusk resigned his judgeship. A day later, Oregon Governor Elmo Smith appointed him as U.S. Senator. He went to Washington to succeed the late Richard L. Neuberger and took its mandate until 8 November of the same year. In the by-election he no longer went to; Maurine Brown Neuberger won this, the widow of his predecessor. Hall Lusk returned to the Supreme Court in Oregon back and served there until 1968. Afterwards, he went into retirement, but was still employed as a Justice emeritus with revision cases of the Supreme Court. He died in May 1983, four months before his 100th birthday.