Durward G. Hall

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Durward G. Hall
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 7th district
In office
January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1973
Preceded byCharlie Brown
Succeeded byGene Taylor
Personal details
Born(1910-09-14)September 14, 1910
Cassville, Missouri, U.S.
DiedMarch 15, 2001(2001-03-15) (aged 90)
Albany, Oregon, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Alma materDrury University
Rush Medical College
ProfessionPhysician

Durward Gorham Hall (September 14, 1910 – March 15, 2001) was a six-term US representative from Missouri's 7th congressional district.

Biography

He was born in

Office of the Surgeon General and joined the United States Army Reserve
in 1955.

Dr. Hall was elected as a Republican to the 87th United States Congress in 1960. He was re-elected for five more terms serving until January 3, 1973. He was appointed as a delegate to the 1964 Republican National Convention.

During his years in the

fiscal conservative and a social moderate. Hall voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.[1][2] but in favor of the Civil Rights Act of 1968.[3] Dr. Hall decided to retire from elected politics and was not a candidate for reelection to the 93rd United States Congress in 1972. Gene Taylor
, also a Republican, replaced Dr. Hall as the congressman from the 7th District.

He was also the co-founder and a member of board of trustees of the

Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland, from 1973 to 1981. Dr. Hall served on the faculty of Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida. Dr. Hall spent his retirement years in Springfield, Missouri with his wife. He died on March 15, 2001, in Albany, Oregon. He donated his body to medical science
.

References

  1. ^ "H.R. 7152. PASSAGE".
  2. ^ "TO PASS H.R. 6400, THE 1965 VOTING RIGHTS ACT".
  3. ^ "TO PASS H.R. 2516, A BILL TO ESTABLISH PENALTIES FOR INTERFERENCE WITH CIVIL RIGHTS. INTERFERENCE WITH A PERSON ENGAGED IN ONE OF THE 8 ACTIVITIES PROTECTED UNDER THIS BILL MUST BE RACIALLY MOTIVATED TO INCUR THE BILL'S PENALTIES".

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 7th congressional district

1961–1973
Succeeded by