Joshua Gilman Hall (November 5, 1828 – October 31, 1898) was an American politician and a

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from

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Early life

Born in

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, Carroll Counthy,

, Hall attended Gilmanton Academy, and in 1851 was graduated from

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. He studied law with Daniel M. Christie and was admitted to the bar in 1855, practicing in Wakefield and Dover, New Hampshire.

Career

Hall served as solicitor of

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, 1862–1874, and as mayor of Dover in 1866 and 1867. He was a member of the New Hampshire Senate in 1871 and 1872, and he served in the

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in 1874. He was the United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire from April 1874 to February 1879. Elected as a Republican to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses, Hall was United States Representative for the state of New Hampshire from (March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883). Subsequently, he resumed the practice of law.

Death

Hall died in

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, New Hampshire on October 31, 1898 (age 69 years, 360 days). He is

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at Pine Hill Cemetery in Dover.

Family life

On November 16, 1861, Hall married S. Lizzie Bigelow and they had three children, Grace, Susan, and Dwight.

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