Contributed by Maine State Archives
Description
Joshua Hall (1768-1862), a native of Delaware, served Frankfort in the General Court in 1814, 1816, 1818 and 1819. He was a member of the Maine House of Representatives in 1820-1821.
He was elected president of the Maine Senate in January of 1830 after 49 ballots had been taken with no result because the Senate was split with eight National Republicans, eight Democratic-Republicans and four vacancies.
Since the Maine Supreme Court had ruled that Nathan Cutler of Farmington could not serve as acting governor once his term as a senator had expired, Hall's election as Senate President meant that he would serve as governor until the governor-elect took office on February 9.
Hall was a Methodist minister who had begun his work as an itinerant preacher at 19.
About This Item
- Title: Joshua Hall, Frankfort, 1830
- Creation Date: circa 1860
- Subject Date: 1830
- Location: Augusta, Kennebec County, ME
- Media: Carte de visite
- Dimensions: 7.6 cm x 5 cm
- Local Code: S14-155
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Clergy--Maine
- Cartes de visite
- Hall, Joshua, 1768-1862--Portrait photographs
- Maine. Legislature. Senate
- Legislators--Maine
People
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Maine State Archives84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084
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