Charles F. Hall (1918 – August 10, 1974) was an American politician from

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who was involved within the

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. He was the inaugural mayor of Metropolitan Dade County from 1964 to 1970, and the

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from 1971 until his death in 1974. His first job in Florida politics was as a member of the Dade County Commission, when he was elected in 1956. Hall ran for office in 1963, where he faced no opposition to become the inaugural mayor of Metropolitan Dade County. He resigned as mayor of Dade County in 1970, in order to run for

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, but finished last in the

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with 18.36% of the vote. He would later be elected as the mayor of Miami Beach, and at the time of his death, was about to resign so he could run for Dade County mayor again.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hall, Chuck 1918 births 1974 deaths Mayors of Miami Beach, Florida Mayors of Miami-Dade County, Florida 20th-century American politicians Politicians from Charlotte, North Carolina