Alfred A. Hall
{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Alfred A. Hall
|image = Alfred Allen Hall.jpg
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|office1 = Judge of the Vermont Superior Court
|term_start1 = 1906
|term_end1 = 1912
|predecessor1 = None (Court reorganized)
|successor1 = Frank L. Fish
|office2 = President pro tempore of the Vermont Senate
|term_start2 = 1892
|term_end2 = 1894
|predecessor2 = Frank A. Dwinell
|successor2 = Frank Plumley
|office3 = Member of the Vermont Senate
|term_start3 = 1892
|term_end3 = 1894
|alongside3 = Olin Merrill
|predecessor3 = William R. Fairchild, Henry M. Stevens, Edward P. Adams
|successor3 = William Henry Hunt, Leander Cushman Leavens
|constituency3 = Franklin County
|office4 = State's Attorney of Franklin County, Vermont
|term_start4 = 1882
|term_end4 = 1884
|predecessor4 = Harry E. Rustedt
|successor4 = George W. Burleson
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1848|12|31}}
|birth_place = Athens, Vermont, U.S.
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1912|1|21|1848|12|31}}
|death_place = St. Albans City, Vermont, U.S.
|resting_place = Saxtons River Cemetery, Saxtons River, Vermont, U.S.
|party = Republican
|spouse =
|children =
|profession = Attorney
}}
Alfred A. Hall (December 31, 1848 – January 21, 1912) was a Vermont attorney, politician and judge who served as President of the Vermont State Senate.
Biography
Alfred Allen Hall was born in Athens, Vermont, on December 31, 1848. He was educated at Townshend's Leland and Gray Seminary, studied law, and began a practice in St. Albans in 1873.[https://books.google.com/books?id=Tg1QAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA319 Vermont Secretary of State], Vermont Legislative Directory, 1892, page 319 Among the prospective attorneys who studied in his office was Lee Stephen Tillotson.{{cite magazine |date=October 20, 1909 |title=Craft Movement in Vermont |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aSznAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA173 |magazine=The American Tyler-Keystone |location=Ann Arbor, MI |publisher=Tyler Publishing Company |page=173 }}
A Republican, Hall served in local offices, including town meeting moderator, village president and school board member. From 1882 to 1884 he was Franklin County State's Attorney.[https://books.google.com/books?id=Nvg_AAAAYAAJ&pg=RA2-PA179 Jacob G. Ullery, editor], Men of Vermont Illustrated, 1894, page 174
Hall was a longtime member of the Vermont National Guard, enlisting as a private and attaining the rank of colonel on the staff of Governor Samuel Pingree.[https://books.google.com/books?id=tt2_3hTQxFMC&pg=PA208 Prentiss Cutler Dodge, editor], Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography, page 90
An active Mason, in 1887 Hall laid the cornerstone at the dedication of the Bennington Battle Monument.[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924032193868#page/n9/mode/2up/search/alfred C. A. Pierce (Bennington), publisher], Record, History, and Description of the Bennington Battle Monument: and the Ceremonies at the Laying of the Corner Stone, August 16th, 1887, (1887), page 9
In 1892 Hall was elected to the Vermont Senate. He served one term and was the Senate's President Pro Tem.[http://vermont-archives.org/govhistory/Officials/PDF/PresProTempore.pdf Vermont Secretary of State, State Archives and Records Administration] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415001559/http://vermont-archives.org/govhistory/Officials/PDF/PresProTempore.pdf |date=2012-04-15 }}, Presidents Pro Tempore of the Vermont Senate, 1870–2011, (2011), page 2 Hall was named a judge of the Vermont Superior Court in 1906. He served until his death, and was succeeded by Frank L. Fish.[https://books.google.com/books?id=yk8DAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA444 A. N. Marquis and Company, publisher], Who's Who in New England, 1909, pages 444 to 445[https://books.google.com/books?id=57ATAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA25 Vermont Historical Society], One Thousand Men, 1915, page 25{{cite news |date=February 16, 1912 |title=Judge Frank L. Fish |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/48773465/ |page=7 |work=Vermont Phoenix |location=Brattleboro, VT |url-access=subscription |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{sfnRef|"Judge Frank L. Fish"}}}}
Judge Hall died in St. Albans on January 21, 1912.Vermont Council of Deliberation, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Proceedings 1875-2009, (2009), page 40
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Category:People from Athens, Vermont
Category:Republican Party Vermont state senators
Category:Presidents pro tempore of the Vermont Senate
Category:Vermont state court judges
Category:Politicians from St. Albans, Vermont
Category:State's attorneys in Vermont
Category:19th-century American judges
Category:19th-century American lawyers
Category:19th-century members of the Vermont General Assembly