Joshua Hall (October 22, 1768 – December 25, 1862) was an American legislator who served as the eighth

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for 34 days in 1830. Hall, a

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minister in

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, was elected to the

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in 1830 and was chosen as President of the Maine Senate. After Governor

Enoch Lincoln Enoch Lincoln (December 28, 1788 – October 8, 1829) was an American politician, serving as U.S. Representative from, successively, Massachusetts and from Maine. He was the son of Levi Lincoln Sr. and his wife, and the younger brother of Levi Li ...

died in office, he was succeeded by the then

president

Nathan Cutler Nathan Cutler (May 29, 1775 – June 8, 1861) was an American politician in Massachusetts and Maine. He was a Democrat.''American Biography'' p 190 (1919) The American Historical Society, New York Cutler graduated from Dartmouth College in 17 ...

. The

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, however, ruled that Cutler could not remain in office as Governor past the expiration of his Senate term on January 6, 1830. Hall as the new President of the Maine Senate was then sworn in as acting Governor, serving until the inauguration of Jonathan Hunton on February 9, 1830. Hall then retired from politics and returned to preaching.

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* 1768 births 1862 deaths Methodists from Maine Democratic Party governors of Maine People from Lewes, Delaware People from Frankfort, Maine Speakers of the Maine House of Representatives Democratic Party members of the Maine House of Representatives {{Maine-politician-stub

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