Representative Uriel Sebree Hall

Uriel Sebree Hall served as a Representative from Missouri in the United States Congress from 1893 to 1897. A member of the Democratic Party, Uriel Sebree Hall contributed to the legislative process during 2 terms in office.

Uriel Sebree Hall’s service in Congress occurred during a significant period in American history. As a member of the House of Representatives, Uriel Sebree Hall participated in the democratic process and represented the interests of constituents.

Uriel Sebree Hall (April 12, 1852 – December 30, 1932) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri, son of William A. Hall and nephew of Willard Preble Hall. Born near Huntsville, Missouri, Hall was tutored privately and graduated from Mount Pleasant College, Huntsville, Missouri, in 1873. He served as superintendent of schools at Moberly, Missouri. Founded an academy at Prairie Hill, Missouri, and served as its president. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1879 and practiced in Moberly, Missouri, until 1885, when he engaged in agricultural pursuits near Hubbard, Missouri. Hall was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1896. He served as president of Pritchett College, Glasgow, Missouri from 1905 to 1917. He moved to Columbia, Missouri, in 1918 and founded the Hall West Point-Annapolis Coaching School, serving as its president and supervisor from 1918 to 1930, when he retired. He died in Columbia, Missouri, December 30, 1932. He was interred in Oakland Cemetery, Moberly, Missouri.