Sam B. Hall Jr.

A Representative from Texas. Born in Marshall, Harrison County, Tex. , January 11, 1924. Graduated from Marshall public schools, 1940. A. A. , College of Marshall (now East Texas Baptist University), Marshall, Tex. , 1942. Attended University of Texas Law School, 1942-1943. Graduated from Baylor University, Waco, Tex. , 1946. LL. B. , Baylor University Law School, Waco, Tex. ,1948. United States Air Force, 1943-1945. Admitted to the Texas bar in 1948. Lawyer, private practice. Unsuccessful candidate for the Eighty-Eighth Congress in 1962. Chair, Marshall Board of Education, 1972-1976. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth Congress by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Wright Patman. Reelected to the five succeeding Congresses (June 19, 1976-May 27, 1985). Resigned on May 27, 1985 for appointment to U. S. Judge for the Eastern District of Texas. Died on April 10, 1994, in Marshall, Tex. Interment in New Grover Cemetery, Marshall, Tex.