Albert Richardson Hall was a U.S. Representative

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 from Indiana

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Early life

Born near West Baden Springs, Indiana

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, Hall attended the district school and the Paoli (Indiana) High School.
He graduated from Indiana Central Business College (now the University of Indianapolis

University of Indianapolis

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) at Indianapolis

Indianapolis

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 in 1906 and from Earlham College

Earlham College

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, Richmond, Indiana

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, in 1912. He served as principal of the high school at French Lick, Indiana

French Lick, Indiana

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 1909-1911, superintendent of schools of Fairmount

Fairmount, Indiana

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 1913-1917, of Waterloo

Waterloo, Indiana

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 in 1917 and 1918, and of Grant County

Grant County, Indiana

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 1921-1925.

Political career

Hall was elected as a Republican

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 to the Sixty-ninth

69th United States Congress

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, Seventieth

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, and Seventy-first

71st United States Congress

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 Congresses (March 4, 1925-March 3, 1931). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1930 to the Seventy-second Congress

72nd United States Congress

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 and for election in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth Congress

74th United States Congress

-House:Also 2 Delegates, 3 Resident Commissioners-Senate:*President of the Senate: John N. Garner *President pro tempore: Key Pittman -Majority leadership:*Majority leader: Joseph T. Robinson...

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After Congress

Hall engaged in commercial printing 1932-1942, and served as secretary and treasurer of Driveways Contractors, Inc. He engaged in the real estate

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 business in Marion, Indiana

Marion, Indiana

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, was editor of a Fairmount, Indiana

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 newspaper, and operator of Indiana Hotel in Marion, Indiana, from 1961 until his death in Marion, Indiana

Marion, Indiana

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, November 29, 1969. He was interred in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery.