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Willard Hall

Willard Hall

Delaware District Court

Born 1780 in Westford, MA

Died 1875 in Wilmington, DE

FJC ID: 951

Willard Hall (December 24, 1780 – May 10, 1875), was a Delaware attorney and politician from Wilmington in New Castle County. He was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, who served in the Delaware Senate, as a United States representative from Delaware and as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. He served as the first President of the Delaware Historical Society, was President of the state Bible society, and was instrumental in the formation of the Wilmington Savings Fund Society as a community bank, serving as its president for more than 40 years.

Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Private practice, Dover, Delaware
    1803–1823
  2. State of Delaware
    Secretary of state · 1811–1814, 1821–1823
  3. U.S. representative from Delaware
    1817–1821

Appointments

  1. Delaware District Court
    1823–1871 · Appointed by James Monroe (Jeffersonian Republican)
    Term ended: Retirement

Education

  1. Read law
    1803
  2. Harvard College
    1799