{{short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Robert B. Hall | image = Robert B. Hall (Massachusetts Congressman).jpg | state1 = [[Massachusetts]] | district1 = [[Massachusetts's 1st congressional district|1st]] | term1 = March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859 | preceded1 = [[Thomas D. Eliot]] | succeeded1 = [[Thomas D. Eliot]] | office2 = Member of the [[Massachusetts Senate]] | term2 = 1855 | birth_date = {{birth date|1812|1|28|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Boston, Massachusetts]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1868|4|15|1812|1|28|mf=y}} | death_place = [[Plymouth, Massachusetts]] | resting_place = Oak Grove Cemetery | spouse = | profession = | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]/[[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] }}
'''Robert Bernard Hall''' (January 28, 1812 – April 15, 1868) was a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from [[Massachusetts]]. He was born in [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] on January 28, 1812. He entered the [[Boston Latin School]], studied theology at [[Yale Divinity School]] in [[New Haven, Connecticut]] where he graduated in 1835, and was ordained to the ministry, first as a [[Congregationalist]] and then as an [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopalian]]. Hall was one of the twelve original members of [[William Lloyd Garrison|Garrison’s]] [[American Anti-Slavery Society|Anti-Slavery Society]].
He moved to [[Plymouth, Massachusetts]] and served in the [[Massachusetts State Senate]]. He was elected as the candidate of the [[Know Nothing|American Party]] to the Thirty-fourth Congress and reelected as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859). Hall was a delegate to the [[National Union Convention]] in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]], and died in Plymouth on April 15, 1868. Interment was in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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