Hall, Hiland
lawyer, jurist, congressman, governor, author, was born July 20, 1795, in Bennington , Vt.
In 1827 he was elected to the state legislature, and afterward, for several years, was state's attorney. He was . He was representative in congress from Vermont from 1833 to 1843. He was bank commissioner for Vermont from 1843 to 1846; four years judge of the supreme court; in 1850 second comptroller of the treasury; and in 1851 was appointed land commissioner for California, where he rehe remained until 1854. He was elected govelected governor of Vermont in 1858. He wrote a History of Vermont to 1791. He died Dec. 18, 1885, in Springfield, Mass.