Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Edward F. Hall

Full Name: Edward F. Hall
Birth date: 1846
Death date: April 28, 1886

Terms of Service

Senate, 19th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ Legislature
1/13/1885 - 4/28/1886
Democrat

(1) List of Senators, 19th Legislature, shows J.M. Moore, Independent, of Nueces county representing Senate District 27, p. 163. Burke's Texas Almanac and Immigrants' Handbook for 1885 1885.
(2) E.F. Hall died 4/28/1886. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(3) 19th Legislature - Roll call of new members, oath of office administered, 1/13/1885, p. 1. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

20th Legislature, R.S., Memorial committee and resolution, service, and speeches. Senate Journal, 3/23/1887, pp. 462, 580-584, memorial page. Resolutions - Memorial .

Other Resources

Census of 1870 - Edward Hall, Laredo, Webb County, age 24, born circa 1846 in New York, living in household with Carolina Hall.
Census of 1880 - E.F. Hall, Laredo, Webb County, age 33, born circa 1847 in New York, wife Caroline Hall.
Edward Fredrico Hall, married to Carolina Mendeola, 4/20/1868 in Webb County. FamilySearch . 1880 1870

Texas, County Marriage Index

E.F. Hall, death date 4/28/1886 aged 50 years, burial Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Laredo, Webb County with Carolina M. Hall. Find a Grave .
Colonel John M. Moore ran as an Independent candidate for the State Senate against Judge E.F. Hall, 10/1/1884, p. 1. Galveston Daily News .
"Deaf and Dumb Asylum building," 6/11/1884, p. 1. "In the Laredo Senatorial district, where Mr. Hall, of the land frauds board, is the Democratic nominee for senator, there is likely to be an unusually interesting race. Colonel Rip Ford or General John R. Baylor, as independent Democrats, will contest the race." Galveston Daily News .
Mentioned in LAND FRAUD BOARD. Handbook of Texas Online .
"Judge E.F. Hall's Opposition," 10/4/1884, p. 1. Discusses reasons for Col. John M. Moore's opposition to E.F. Hall. Laredo Times .
Obituary, 5/2/1886, p. 1. Laredo Times .
"Senator Atlee," 6/20/1886, p. 4. "Mr. E.A. Atlee, of Laredo, permits us to announce his name as a candidate for State Senator, to fill the unexpired term occasioned by the death of senator E.F. Hall . . . Should he receive the nomination, which is equivalent to an election, the 27th. district will be ably represented.—Cotulla Ledger." Laredo Times .
"Honorable F.E. Macmanus," 8/11/1886, p. 6. The Senatorial Convention at Cotulla, after a long and tedious session, nominates Judge Macmanus, of Cameron County, for State Senator of the 27th District. Laredo Times .
"An aggrieved Texas Ranger: slapping State Senator Hall's face and shot for the insult," 6/29/1885. New York Times .
Biographical sketch, E.F. Hall, pp. 82-83. Hall was born in New York and was chosen "at the last general election, as Senator from the twenty-seventh district." 37 years old, born circa 1848 in New York, Catholic. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature 1885.