Darwin Scott Hall (January 23, 1844February 23, 1919) was an

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politician who served one term in the

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, representing

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. He also served in the

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Biography

Hall was born in Mound Prairie, in the town of Wheatland,

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, on January 23, 1844. Darwin was the son of Erasmus D. Hall, who served in the first session of the

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. Darwin moved with his parents to Waukau, Wisconsin, in Winnebago County, and in 1847 moved to

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. In 1856 Darwin attended the common schools being the local academy at

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, and Markham Academy in Milwaukee. While at Milwaukee, Hall enlisted as a private in Company K of the

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for service in the

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. The 42nd Wisconsin Infantry mustered into service in August 1864 and was assigned to

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, to guard supply routes against guerillas in southern Illinois and western Kentucky. They saw no combat and mustered out in June 1865, following the end of the war. In 1866 Darwin settled near Birch Coulee,

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, and engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1868. He was auditor of

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County from 1869 – 1873; clerk of the district court from 1873 – 1878; member of the

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in 1876, and editor of the Renville Times, which he founded in 1876. Darwin's parents both died in 1878 of

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. He was registered at the United States land office at

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, from 1878 – 1886 and served in the

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in 1886. He became elected as a

to the

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, from March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 and was not reelected in 1890 to the

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. Darwin went on to be appointed chairman of the Chippewa Indian Commission by President

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in 1891 and served until 1893, and again in 1897. He was also delegate to the

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in 1892 and a member of the board of managers of the

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from 1905 – 1910, and again a member of the state senate in 1906. He was engaged in agricultural pursuits near

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, until his death there on February 23, 1919; interment in Olivia Cemetery.

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