Biography

07/04/1833 - 07/12/1897

Louis Williams Hall, Sr. (R20) Blair, Cambria and Clearfield Counties 1860-1862 (R21) Blair, Cambria and Clearfield Counties 1863-1867

Early Life: 

Louis Williams Hall, Sr., born July 4, 1833, Allegheny, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, son of William Maclay Hall and Ellen Campbell Williams; moved, Altoona, studied law, member, Blair County bar, 1854, corporate law; solicitor, Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Altoona; delegate, Republican National Convention, 1860;  elected, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1860-1868; Speaker of the Pennsylvania State Senate, extra session, 1861-1862, Speaker of the Pennsylvania State Senate, 1964, 1866, 1867; married, Elizabeth Warford, 1867, children, Ellen Hall Wright, Louis W. Hall, Jr., Francis Jordan Hall; delegate, Williamsport Republican Convention, 1867; Solicitor, counsel, Pennsylvania Railroad, Harrisburg, 1868; private law practice, brother in law, State Senator, Francis Jordan; law practice, Hall and Jordan, Harrisburg; died, July 12, 1897, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; interment, Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.

Children, Ellen Hall Wright, Louis W. Hall, Jr., Francis Jordan Hall, 

 Early Career:

Solicitor, Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Altoona.

Professional titles; business ownership; board memberships; local government; club memberships:

Member, Board of Visitors, United States Military Academy, West Point; Director, North Central Railway. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 20th district, Blair, Cambria and Clearfield Counties, 1860-1862, chaired, Estates and Escheats Committee, 1861; Speaker of the Senate, extra session, 1861-1862. 

Elected, Republican Pennsylvania State Senate, 21st district, Blair, Cambria and Clearfield Counties, 1863-1867; Speaker of the Senate, 1964, 1866, 1867; presided over $3million dollar loan bill, Pennsylvania Civil War effort, voted for United States Senator David Wilmot, 1861. 

Blair County delegate, Republican National Convention, 1860.

Delegate, Williamsport Republican Convention, 1867. 

Solicitor, counsel, Pennsylvania Railroad, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Legacy: 

Grandson, of William Maclay, first United States Senator from Pennsylvania. 

Wife, Elizabeth Warford was Simon Cameron niece. 

Son, Francis Jordan Hall, named after, Harrisburg law partner, Francis Jordan, Pennsylvania State Senate, 14th district, Bedford and Somerset Counties, 1855-1857.

Francis Jordan  - Pennsylvania Senate Library (pasen.gov) 

Cited: 

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members H". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1866). Smull, J.A., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 257. 

Altoona Tribune (Altoona, Pennsylvania) Tuesday July 13, 1897, Page 1. 

The Philadelphia Times (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Tuesday July 13, 1897, Page 2.

Louis Williams Hall (1833-1897) - Find a Grave Memorial