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- F. John Hall (add)
- M. Elizabeth Ward (add)
- Judge Samuel Levin Hall1797 - 1862
Facts and Events
| Name |
Judge Samuel Levin Hall |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1] |
1 Jun 1797 |
Manokin, Somerset, Maryland, United States |
| Residence[3] |
1805 |
Kentucky, United States |
| Residence[1] |
1814 |
Gibson, Indiana, United States |
| Occupation[1] |
From 1820 |
Gibson, Indiana, United StatesLawyer |
| Marriage |
26 Jun 1821 |
Gibson Co, Indianato Elizabeth Prince |
| Occupation? |
From 1829 to 1831 |
Indiana, United StatesMember of the Indiana State House of Representatives |
| Occupation? |
From 1832 to 1835 |
Indiana, United StatesCircuit Court Judge |
| Occupation? |
From 1840 to 1843 |
Lieutenant Governor of Indiana |
| Marriage |
10 Jan 1844 |
to Sophia Augusta Ames |
| Occupation? |
From 1845 to 1846 |
Indiana, United StatesMember of the Indiana State House of Representatives |
| Occupation[2] |
1849 |
First president of Evansville-Terre Haute railroad |
| Death[1] |
11 May 1862 |
Princeton, Gibson, Indiana, United States |
| Burial[1] |
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Warnock Cemetery, Princeton, Gibson, Indiana, United States |
Research notes
- Self-taught lawyer;
- member of the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1829-1831, 1845-1846;
- Indiana Circuit Judge, 1832-1835;
- Lieutenant Governor of Indiana, 1840-1843;
- delegate to the Indiana State Constitutional Convention, 1850-1851;
- candidate for U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1854.
- Presbyterian and Freemason.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 21021813, in Find A Grave
includes headstone photo, last accessed Mar 2024.
"Samuel Hall, the successor of Judge Goodlett, occupied the bench of the circuit until 1835. He was a sound lawyer and a just and able judge. He had come to Gibson county as a boy in 1814. His legal education was self acquired, and his success in life he owed solely to his own efforts, his uprightness of character and the soundness of his judgment. He served his county and the state in a number of responsible offices, and died at Princeton in 1862, in the full enjoyment of the well-earned respect and confidence of a large circle of acquaintances. Judge Hall married Elizabeth Celeste Prince daughter of William Prince of Princeton."
- ↑ Stormont, Gil R. History of Gibson County, Indiana: her people, industries and institutions. (Indianapolis, Ind.: B.F. Bowen & Co., 1914)
103.
- ↑ Samuel Hall, in Indiana State Library.
Samuel Hall was born on June 1, 1797, in Somerset County, Maryland, to John A. and Elizabeth (Ward) Hall. In 1805, his family moved to Kentucky. In 1814, Samuel moved to Gibson County, Indiana. He studied law in his spare time and, in 1820, was admitted to the bar and opened a practice. On June 26, 1821, he married Elizabeth Prince, daughter of William Prince. In 1823, he was admitted to practice in the Indiana Supreme Court and the U.S. District Court.
Hall belonged to the Whig party. He was a member of the Indiana House of Representatives from 1829 to 1831 and again from 1845 to 1846. During his second term, he served as chairman of the judiciary committee. From 1832 to 1835, he was president judge of the 4th circuit. He then became a member of the State Board of Internal Improvements (1836-1837). Hall served as Indiana’s Lieutenant Governor from 1840 to 1843 under Governor Samuel Bigger. His wife, Elizabeth, died on June 3, 1843.
On January 10, 1844, he married Sophia Augusta Ames with whom he had several children, including Horace Ames Hall. Hall was a delegate to the 1850 Indiana Constitutional Convention. In 1854, he ran for the U.S. House of Representatives, but was defeated. Hall was also a founder of the Princeton (Ind.) Female Academy (1838) and a member of the Indiana University Board of Visitors (1826-1827). He died on May 11, 1862.
- Samuel Hall (politician), in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
includes sources, last accessed Mar 2024.
Samuel Hall (June 1, 1797 – May 11, 1862) was an American lawyer, judge, and politician who served as the eighth Lieutenant Governor of Indiana from 1840 to 1843.
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