Willard Hall
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Delaware's Second At-large district |
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In office March 4, 1817 – January 22, 1821 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas Cooper |
| Succeeded by | Caesar A. Rodney |
| United States District Court Delaware |
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In office December 9, 1823 – December 6, 1871 |
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| Preceded by | John Fisher |
| Succeeded by | Edward G. Bradford |
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December 24, 1780 Westford, Massachusetts |
| Died | May 10, 1875 (aged 94) Wilmington, Delaware |
| Political party | Republican |
| Residence | Wilmington, Delaware |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Profession | lawyer |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
Willard Hall (December 24, 1780 – May 10, 1875), was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly, as U.S. Representative from Delaware and as a judge for the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. He was active in establishing public education in the state of Delaware, served as the first president of the Delaware Historical Society, was president of the state Bible society, and was instrumental in the formation of the Wilmington Savings Fund Society as a community bank, serving as its president for more than 40 years.
Hall was born in Westford, Massachusetts, son of the Rev. Willard Hall and Mehitable Pool. He attended the public schools and Westford Academy, then entered Harvard University in 1795, graduating in 1799. In 1800, he began to study law under Judge Dana at Groton, Massachusetts, and was admitted to the bar in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire in 1803.
In the same year, an attraction to Delaware by James A. Bayard and a belief that New England already enjoyed an overabundance of lawyers, caused Hall to relocate. He was admitted to the Delaware Bar, commencing practice in Dover, Delaware in May 1803. In 1806, he married Junia Killen, the daughter of Chancellor William Killen and they had a daughter, Lucinda. Junia died in 1826 and Hall married Harriet Hillyard.
Hall also served as a ruling elder and Sunday School teacher in the Presbyterian Church.
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