Joshua Gilman Hall (November 5, 1828 – October 31, 1898) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from

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Early life

Born in

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, Carroll Counthy,

, Hall attended Gilmanton Academy, and in 1851 was graduated from

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. He studied law with Daniel M. Christie and was

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in 1855, practicing in Wakefield and

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Career

Hall served as solicitor of Strafford County, 1862–1874, and as mayor of Dover in 1866 and 1867. He was a member of the

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in 1871 and 1872, and he served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1874. He was the United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire from April 1874 to February 1879. Elected as a

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to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses, Hall was United States Representative for the state of New Hampshire from (March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883). Subsequently, he resumed the practice of law.

Death

Hall died in Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire on October 31, 1898 (age 69 years, 360 days). He is interred at Pine Hill Cemetery in Dover.

Family life

On November 16, 1861, Hall married S. Lizzie Bigelow and they had three children, Grace, Susan, and Dwight.

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