Chapin Hall

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Chapin Hall (July 12, 1816 – September 12, 1879) was a Republican United States Representative from Pennsylvania. He served as Representative from 1859 until 1861.

Chapin Hall
From 1887's History of Warren County, Pennsylvania
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 24th district
In office March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861
Preceded by	James Lisle Gillis
Succeeded by	John Patton
Personal details
Born	(1816-07-12)July 12, 1816 Busti, New York
Died	September 12, 1879(1879-09-12) (aged 63) Jamestown, New York
Political party	Republican

Biography

Chapin Hall was born in Busti, New York. He attended the common schools and the Jamestown Academy in Jamestown, New York. He moved to Pine Grove (now Russell), Warren County, Pennsylvania, about 1841 and engaged in the lumber business and mercantile pursuits. He moved to Warren, Pennsylvania, in 1851 and engaged in banking.

Hall was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1860. He was interested in the manufacture of lumber products at Louisville, Kentucky, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and Newark, New Jersey, and in the manufacture of worsted goods at Jamestown, New York. He died in Jamestown in 1879. Interment in Jamestown's Lake View Cemetery.

References

Sources

• United States Congress. "Chapin Hall (id: H000046)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• The Political Graveyard