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Homer William Hall (July 22, 1870 – September 22, 1954) was a
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from
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. Born in
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, Hall moved with his parents to Bloomington, Illinois, in 1876. He attended the public schools and
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at Bloomington. He studied law. He was
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in 1892 and commenced practice in Bloomington, Illinois. He engaged in banking and was also interested in agricultural pursuits. He was a county judge of McLean County 1909-1914, probate judge 1909-1914, and master in chancery 1916-1918. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1916. Hall was elected as a
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to the Seventieth, Seventy-first, and Seventy-second Congresses (March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1933). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress. He resumed the practice of law and agricultural pursuits. Hall was again elected as county judge of McLean County, in 1934, and served until his retirement in 1942. He died in Bloomington, Illinois, September 22, 1954. He was interred in Park Hill Cemetery.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hall, Homer William 1870 births 1954 deaths Illinois Wesleyan University alumni Probate court judges in the United States Illinois state court judges Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois People from Shelbyville, Illinois People from Bloomington, Illinois