Robert Bernard Hall

Robert Bernard Hall (January 28, 1812 – April 15, 1868) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. He was born in Boston on January 28, 1812. He entered the Boston Latin School, studied theology at Yale Divinity School in New Haven, Connecticut where he graduated in 1835, and was ordained to the ministry, first as a Congregationalist and then as an Episcopalian. Hall was one of the twelve original members of Garrison’s Anti-Slavery Society.

Robert B. Hall
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 1st district
In office March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859
Preceded by	Thomas D. Eliot
Succeeded by	Thomas D. Eliot
Member of the Massachusetts Senate
In office 1855
Personal details
Born	(1812-01-28)January 28, 1812 Boston, Massachusetts
Died	April 15, 1868(1868-04-15) (aged 56) Plymouth, Massachusetts
Resting place	Oak Grove Cemetery
Political party	Republican/Whig

He moved to Plymouth, Massachusetts and served in the Massachusetts State Senate. He was elected as the candidate of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859). Hall was a delegate to the National Union Convention in Philadelphia, and died in Plymouth on April 15, 1868. Interment was in Oak Grove Cemetery.

External links

• United States Congress. "Robert Bernard Hall (id: H000068)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Thomas D. Eliot	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 1st congressional district March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859	Succeeded by Thomas D. Eliot