Edwin Arthur Hall
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Edwin Arthur Hall (February 11, 1909 - October 18, 2004) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York. Hall was born in Binghamton, New York. He attended Cornell University. He was a member of the Binghamton City Council from 1937 until 1939. He was elected to Congress in 1939 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Bert Lord and served from November 7, 1939 until January 3, 1953. He died in Montrose, Pennsylvania. He was the great grandson of United States Representative John A. Collier.
Edwin Arthur Hall at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress United States House of Representatives
MemberÊofÊtheÊU.S.ÊHouseÊofÊRepresentatives from New York's 34th congressional district 1939 - 1945
PrecededÊby: Bert Lord
SucceededÊby: Clarence E. Kilburn
MemberÊofÊtheÊU.S.ÊHouseÊofÊRepresentatives from New York's 37th congressional district 1945 - 1953
PrecededÊby: W. Sterling Cole
SucceededÊby: W. Sterling Cole
HALL, Edwin Arthur,Ê(1909 - 2004)
HALL, Edwin Arthur, (great grandson of John Allen Collier), a Representative from New York; born in Binghamton, Broome County, N.Y., February 11, 1909; attended the public schools and Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.; engaged in the building and banking business and in agricultural pursuits; member of the Broome County Republican committee in 1935; delegate to the New York State Republican convention in 1936; member of the city council of Binghamton, N.Y., 1937 - 1939; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Bert Lord; reelected to the Seventy-seventh and to the five succeeding Congresses (November 7, 1939 - January 3, 1953); was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1952; administrative aide to Hon. Richard H. Knauf, member of the State legislature, in 1953 and 1954; employed by the New York State Civil Service Commission in Syracuse, N.Y., in 1955 and 1956 and with the New York State Soil Conservation Service in 1957 and 1958; member, Silver Lake School District Board, Susquehanna County, Pa., 1962 - 1965; member, Montrose Area School District Board, 1965 - 1971; died on October 18, 2004, in Montrose, Pa.; interment in Quaker Lane Cemetery, Silver Lake Township, Pa.
