Willard Hall

Willard Hall ( born December 24, 1780 in Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, † May 10, 1875 in Wilmington, Delaware) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1817 and 1821 he represented the State of Delaware in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Willard Hall attended the public schools of his home and the Westford Academy. Then he studied until 1799 at Harvard University. After a subsequent study of law and its made ​​in 1803 admitted to the bar he began in Dover to work in his new profession.

Hall was a member of the Democratic- Republican Party. Between 1811 and 1814 he served as Secretary of State, the executive officers of the State Government of Delaware. In 1816 he was elected deputies of his second state in the U.S. House of Representatives. After a re-election in 1818 he was able to remain between 4 March 1817 and 22 January 1821 Congress. After he lost the elections of 1820, he resigned in January 1821 back early from his mandate.

In 1821, Hall was again Secretary of State in Delaware. At that time, he laid the foundation stone for the future school system of this state. In 1821 he was a delegate at a meeting to revise the State Constitution. Between 6 January 1822 and 5 January 1823, he sat for a term in the Senate from Delaware. On May 6, 1823 Willard Hall was appointed by President James Monroe judge at the Federal District Court for the District of Delaware. This office he held until December 6, 1871. Since 1825 he has been resident in Wilmington. In 1829 he summarized the new laws of the State of Delaware.

From 1852 to 1870 he was next to his judges activity also Chairman of the School Committee of the city of Wilmington. After his resignation from the office of judge in December 1871 at the age of almost 91 years, he withdrew into retirement. He died in May 1875 with 94 years and was buried in Wilmington.