ROBERT BERNARD HALL

Hall, Robert Bernard (1812-1868), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., January 28, 1812; entered the Boston Latin School in 1822; studied theology in New Haven in 1833 and 1834 and was ordained to the ministry, first as a Congregationalist and then as an Episcopalian; was one of the twelve original members of Garrison’s Anti-Slavery Society in 1832; moved to Plymouth, Mass.; served in the State senate in 1855; elected as the candidate of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1859); delegate to the Union Convention at Philadelphia in 1866; died in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Mass., April 15, 1868; interment in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Mother: Catherine [Hall] b. abt 1785 in Massachusetts
Spouse: Abby M. b. abt 1828 in Massachusetts
Children:
Alice B. Hall b. abt 1850 in Massachusetts

Sources:
U.S. Federal Census
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell