# Sam B. Hall Jr.
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{{Short description|American judge}}
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| name = Sam B. Hall Jr.
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| office = Judge of the [United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas](/source/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Eastern_District_of_Texas)
| term_start = May 10, 1985
| term_end = April 10, 1994
| nominator =
| appointer = [Ronald Reagan](/source/List_of_federal_judges_appointed_by_Ronald_Reagan)
| predecessor = [Joseph Jefferson Fisher](/source/Joseph_Jefferson_Fisher)
| successor = [David Folsom](/source/David_Folsom)
| state1 = [Texas](/source/Texas)
| district1 = [1st](/source/Texas's_1st_congressional_district)
| term_start1 = June 19, 1976
| term_end1 = May 27, 1985
| predecessor1 = [Wright Patman](/source/Wright_Patman)
| successor1 = [Jim Chapman](/source/Jim_Chapman_(congressman))
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| birth_name = Samuel Blakeley Hall Jr.
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|01|11}}
| birth_place = [Marshall, Texas](/source/Marshall%2C_Texas), U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1994|04|10|1924|01|11}}
| death_place = Marshall, Texas, U.S.
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| party = [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States))
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| education = [College of Marshall](/source/East_Texas_Baptist_University) ([AA](/source/Associate_of_Arts))
[Baylor Law School](/source/Baylor_Law_School) ([LLB](/source/Bachelor_of_Laws))
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'''Samuel Blakeley Hall Jr.''' (January 11, 1924 – April 10, 1994) was an American lawyer, politician, and judge. He was a member of the [United States House of Representatives](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from [Texas's 1st congressional district](/source/Texas's_1st_congressional_district) from 1976 to 1985 and a [United States district judge](/source/United_States_federal_judge) of the [United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas](/source/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Eastern_District_of_Texas) from 1985 until his death in 1994.
==Education and career==
Born and raised in [Marshall](/source/Marshall%2C_Texas), [Texas](/source/Texas), Hall attended the [College of Marshall](/source/East_Texas_Baptist_University) where he met his future wife Mary Madeleine Segal. After graduating from the College of Marshall with an [Associate of Arts](/source/Associate_of_Arts) degree in 1942, he attended the [University of Texas](/source/University_of_Texas_at_Austin) before enlisting in the [United States Army Air Corps](/source/United_States_Army_Air_Corps) to serve during [World War II](/source/World_War_II). On returning to Marshall after World War II, he married Mary Madeleine Segal and graduated from [Baylor University](/source/Baylor_University) in 1946. He received a [Bachelor of Laws](/source/Bachelor_of_Laws) from [Baylor Law School](/source/Baylor_Law_School) in 1948. After being [admitted to the bar](/source/Admission_to_the_bar) he returned to Marshall to [practice law](/source/Practice_of_law), where he was in private practice from 1948 to 1976.[{{cite web|url=https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/hall-sam-blakeley-jr.|title=Hall, Sam Blakeley, Jr. - Federal Judicial Center|website=www.fjc.gov}}]
[[File:Marshall October 2016 31 (United States Courthouse).jpg|thumb|left|The Sam B. Hall Jr. U.S. Courthouse on Whetstone Square in [Marshall, Texas](/source/Marshall%2C_Texas). The building was originally constructed in the 1920s as a Post Office, but the Post Office moved to a newer facility in the 1960s.]]
==Political career==
Hall was unsuccessful in an attempt to receive the [Democratic Party](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) nomination for Congress in the 1st district in 1962. He served as chairman of Marshall's board of education from 1972 to 1976.
In [1976](/source/1976_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections), Hall won a special election for the U.S. House after the death of incumbent [Wright Patman](/source/Wright_Patman). He was reelected five times and served on the [Judiciary](/source/United_States_House_Committee_on_the_Judiciary) and [Veterans' Affairs](/source/United_States_House_Committee_on_Veterans'_Affairs) committees.[{{cite book |last1=Barone |first1=Michael |author-link1=Michael Barone (pundit) |last2=Ujifusa |first2=Grant |title=[The Almanac of American Politics 1988](/source/The_Almanac_of_American_Politics)|publisher=[National Journal](/source/National_Journal) |year=1987 |page=1138}}] ) Hall served on the bench until his death in Marshall on April 10, 1994. He was buried at New Grover Cemetery in Marshall.