Willard Hall

Willard Hall
Judge of the U.S. District Court
for the District of Delaware
In office
May 6, 1823 – December 6, 1871
Appointed byJames Monroe
Preceded byJohn Fisher
Succeeded byEdward Green Bradford
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Delaware's at-large district
In office
March 4, 1817 – January 22, 1821
Preceded byThomas Cooper
Succeeded byCaesar Augustus Rodney
Personal details
Born
Willard Hall

(1780-12-24)December 24, 1780
Westford, Massachusetts, US
DiedMay 10, 1875(1875-05-10) (aged 94)
Wilmington, Delaware, US
Resting placeWilmington & Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Delaware
Political partyDemocratic-Republican
EducationHarvard University
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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.