Edwin Arthur Hall (February 11, 1909 – October 18, 2004) was a Republican member of the

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from

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. Hall was born in

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. He graduated from

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in 1931, and was involved in several Binghamton-area businesses, including banking and construction. He was a member of the

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City Council from 1937 until 1939. Hall was elected to Congress in 1939 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of

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and served from November 7, 1939, until January 3, 1953. From 1953 to 1954 he was administrative assistant to

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member Richard H. Knauf, and in 1955 and 1956 he was employed by the

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. From 1957 to 1958 he was a member of the staff of the New York State Soil Conservation Service. Hall then relocated to

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and served on the Silver Lake School District Board from 1962 to 1965 and the Montrose Area School District Board from 1965 to 1971. Hall died in

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on October 18, 2004. At the time of his death, he was the last living congressman to have served in the 1930s. He was buried at Quaker Lake Cemetery in Brackney. He was the great-grandson of United States Representative John A. Collier.

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