Obed Hall

Obed Hall ( born December 23, 1757 Raynham, Bristol County, Massachusetts, † April 1, 1828 in Bartlett, New Hampshire ) was an American politician. Between 1811 and 1813, he represented the State of New Hampshire in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

About Madbury came Obed Hall Bartlett in New Hampshire, where he worked in agriculture. He was an innkeeper in his new home. In 1790 he was surveyor in road construction. At that time he also began a political career. Hall joined, founded by Thomas Jefferson Democratic- Republican Party. Between 1791 and 1823 he was several times a member of the council of Bartlett. In the years 1802 and 1803, Hall MP in the House of Representatives from New Hampshire. Thereafter, he was appointed by Governor John Taylor Gilman to appeal judge.

In the congressional elections of 1810, which were held all across the state, Hall was for the third parliamentary seat from New Hampshire in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he entered on March 4, 1811, to succeed William Hale of the Federalist Party. After only one term in Congress, he had to relinquish his position at Hale on March 3, 1813. During his time in the House of Representatives of the British -American War of 1812 began.

After the end of his time in Congress Hall remained politically active. He was temporarily in the council of Bartlett. In 1819 he was elected to the Senate from New Hampshire. Obed Hall died on April 1, 1828 in his home in Bartlett.