Willard Hall

Willard Hall
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware
In office May 6, 1823 – December 6, 1871
Appointed by	James Monroe
Preceded by	John Fisher
Succeeded by	Edward Green Bradford
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Delaware's at-large district
In office March 4, 1817 – January 22, 1821
Preceded by	Thomas Cooper
Succeeded by	Caesar Augustus Rodney
Personal details
Born	Willard Hall (1780-12-24)December 24, 1780 read law

Willard Hall (December 24, 1780 – May 10, 1875), was a

Education and career

Born on December 24, 1780, in

Hall was elected as a Democratic-Republican from Delaware's at-large congressional district to the United States House of Representatives of the 15th United States Congress.^[2] He was reelected to the 16th United States Congress and served from March 4, 1817, until January 22, 1821, when he resigned.^[2] He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1820 for reelection to the 17th United States Congress.^[2] He was a member of the Delaware Senate in 1822.^[2] He was the compiler of the Revised Code of Delaware in 1829.^[2] He was a delegate to the Delaware constitutional convention in 1821.^[2]

Federal judicial service

Hall received a recess appointment from President James Monroe on May 6, 1823, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Delaware vacated by Judge John Fisher.^[1] He was nominated to the same position by President Monroe on December 5, 1823.^[1] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 9, 1823, and received his commission the same day.^[1] His service terminated on December 6, 1871, due to his retirement.^[1]

Other service

Hall was President of the Wilmington School Board from 1852 to 1870.^[2] Hall was also the first President of the Delaware Historical Society.^[3] In September 1831, Hall was among twenty-five founding members elected to serve on the board of the newly formed Wilmington Savings Fund Society, a community bank designed to provide persons with only modest savings a safe place to deposit their funds. On October 1, 1831, Hall was elected president of the bank, a position he held until 1872, when he retired at the age of 92.^[4][5]

Death

Hall died on May 10, 1875, in Wilmington, Delaware,^[1] where he had moved in 1825.^[2] He was interred in the Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery in Wilmington.^[2]

Family

In 1806, Hall married Junia Killen, the daughter of Chancellor William Killen and they had a daughter, Lucinda. Junia died in 1826 and Hall married Harriet Hillyard.^[6]

Religious service

Hall served as a ruling elder and Sunday School teacher in the

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See also

• List of United States federal judges by longevity of service

References

Sources

• Conrad, Henry C. (1908). History of the State of Delaware. Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Wickersham Company.
• Hall, David Brainerd (1883). The Halls of New England: Genealogical and Biographical. Albany, New York: J. Munsell's Sons.
• Hoffecker, Carol E. (2004). Democracy in Delaware. Wilmington, Delaware: Cedar Tree Books.
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• Martin, Roger A. (1984). A History of Delaware Through its Governors. Wilmington, Delaware: McClafferty Press.
• Scharf, John Thomas (1888). History of Delaware 1609–1888. 2 vols. Philadelphia: L. J. Richards & Co.
• Wilson, Emerson. (1969). Forgotten Heroes of Delaware. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Deltos Publishing Company.

• "Hall, Willard - Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.

• United States Congress. "Willard Hall (id: H000076)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Delaware's Members of Congress
• The Political Graveyard

Places with more information

• Delaware Historical Society; website; 505 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801; (302) 655-7161
• University of Delaware; Library website; 181 South College Avenue, Newark, Delaware 19717; (302) 831–2965