Uriel Sebree Hall (April 12, 1852 – December 30, 1932) was a

U.S. Representative The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they c ...

from Missouri, son of

William Augustus Hall William Augustus Hall (October 15, 1815 – December 15, 1888) was an American politician who served in the US House of Representatives. He was the brother of Missouri Governor and Representative Willard Preble Hall and the father of Representati ...

and nephew of Willard Preble Hall. Born near

Huntsville, Missouri Huntsville is a city in Randolph County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,376 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Randolph County. History Randolph County was organized February 2, 1829, and Huntsville was established as th ...

, Hall was tutored privately and was graduated from Mount Pleasant College,

, in 1873. He served as superintendent of schools at Moberly, Missouri. Founded an academy at

Prairie Hill, Missouri Prairie Hill is an unincorporated community in eastern Chariton County, Missouri, United States. The community is located at the intersection of Missouri routes W and HH approximately seven miles north-northeast of Salisbury. The Thomas Hill Re ...

, and served as its president. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1879 and practiced in Moberly, Missouri, until 1885, when he engaged in agricultural pursuits near Hubbard, Missouri. Hall was elected as a

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to the Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1896. He served as president of

Pritchett College Pritchett College was a small institution that operated in Glasgow, Missouri from 1866 until 1922. It was founded as Pritchett School Institute and became known as Pritchett College after 1897. History The first classes were conducted in the 1866 ...

, Glasgow, Missouri from 1905 to 1917. He moved to

Columbia, Missouri Columbia is a city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is the county seat of Boone County and home to the University of Missouri. Founded in 1821, it is the principal city of the five-county Columbia metropolitan area. It is Missouri's fourth ...

, in 1918 and founded the Hall West Point-Annapolis Coaching School, serving as its president and supervisor from 1918 to 1930, when he retired. He died in

, December 30, 1932. He was interred in Oakland Cemetery, Moberly, Missouri.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hall, Uriel Sebree 1852 births 1932 deaths Heads of universities and colleges in the United States Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri People from Huntsville, Missouri People from Glasgow, Missouri Politicians from Columbia, Missouri People from Moberly, Missouri