17 Facts About Hiland Hall

Hiland Hall was an American lawyer and politician who served as 25th governor of Vermont from 1858 to 1860.

Hiland Hall served five consecutive terms as a United States representative from 1833 to 1843.

Hiland Hall attended the common schools, studied law with Bennington attorney Marshall Carter, and was admitted to the bar in 1819 and commenced practice in Bennington.

Hiland Hall married Dolly Tuttle Davis on October 27,1818, and they had seven children; Marshall Carter ; Eliza Davis; Henry Davis; Hiland Hubbard; Nathaniel Blatchley; Laura Van Der Spiegle; John Van Der Spiegle; and Charles.

Hiland Hall originally owned the land where the Park-McCullough Historic House now stands, and sold it to Trenor Park in the 1860s so Park could have a home constructed on it.

Hiland Hall served as clerk of Bennington County in 1828 and 1829.

Hiland Hall was the county state's attorney from 1828 to 1831.

Hiland Hall was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Jonathan Hunt.

Hiland Hall was re-elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses and elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth through Twenty-seventh Congresses and served from January 1,1833 to March 3,1843.

Hiland Hall was not a candidate for renomination in 1842.

Hiland Hall served as the State Bank Commissioner from 1843 to 1846.

Hiland Hall was a judge of the Vermont Supreme Court from 1846 to 1850.

Hiland Hall was the Second Comptroller of the Treasury from November 27,1850 to September 10,1851.

Hiland Hall served as United States land commissioner for California from 1851 to 1854, and then returned to Vermont.

Hiland Hall was the 25th Governor of Vermont from 1858 to 1860.

Hiland Hall was a member of the Peace Conference of 1861 held in an effort to prevent the start of the American Civil War.

Hiland Hall died in Springfield, Massachusetts, and is interred in the Old Bennington Cemetery.