Joshua Hall

This article is about the Maine governor. For other people with the same name, see Joshua Hall (disambiguation).

Joshua Hall (October 22, 1768 – December 25, 1862) was an American legislator who served as the eighth governor of Maine for 34 days in 1830.

Joshua Hall
8th Governor of Maine
In office January 6, 1830 – February 9, 1830
Preceded by	Nathan Cutler
Succeeded by	Jonathan G. Hunton
9th President of the Maine Senate
In office 1830–1830
Preceded by	Nathan Cutler
Succeeded by	F.O.J. Smith
Member of the Maine Senate
Personal details
Born	(1768-10-22)October 22, 1768 Lewes, Colony of Delaware, British America
Died	December 25, 1862(1862-12-25) (aged 94) Frankfort, Maine, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Profession	Methodist minister

Hall, a Methodist minister in Frankfort, Maine, was elected to the Maine Senate in 1830 and was chosen as President of the Maine Senate. After Governor Enoch Lincoln died in office, he was succeeded by the then Maine Senate president Nathan Cutler. The Maine Supreme Court, however, ruled that Cutler could not remain in office as Governor past the expiration of his Senate term on January 6, 1830. Hall as the new President of the Maine Senate was then sworn in as acting Governor, serving until the inauguration of Jonathan Hunton on February 9, 1830. Hall then retired from politics and returned to preaching.^[1]

See also

• List of governors of Maine