Sam Blakeley Hall, Jr. (January 11, 1924 – April 10, 1994), American politician, was a Congressman representing Texas's 1st congressional district from 1976 to 1985 and then a federal judge of the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Texas from 1985 until his death in 1994.
Born and raised in Marshall, Texas, Hall attended the College of Marshall where he met his future wife Mary Madeleine Segal. After graduating from the College of Marshall with an Associate of Arts degree in 1942, he attended the University of Texas before enlisting in the United States Army Air Corps to serve during World War II. On returning to Marshall after WWII he married Mary Madeleine Segal and graduated with a bachelor's degree from Baylor University in 1946 and an LL.B. from Baylor Law School in 1948. After being admitted to the bar he returned to Marshall to practice law, where he was in private practice from 1948 to 1976.
Hall was unsuccessful in an attempt to receive the Democratic Party nomination for the Texas District 1 House of Representatives seat in 1962, but won a special election for the seat after the death of incumbent Wright Patman in 1976. He was reelected five times and served on the Judiciary Committee and Veterans' Affairs Committees. On April 17, 1985, Hall was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated by Joe J. Fisher. Hall was quickly confirmed by the United States Senate on May 3, 1985, and subsequently resigned from Congress to be sworn in as judge, receiving his commission on May 10, 1985. He continued to serve until his death in 1994, in Marshall.
The Sam B. Hall Federal Courthouse in Marshall was later renamed in his honor.
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| Preceded by Wright Patman |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 1st congressional district 1976–1985 |
Succeeded by Jim Chapman |