Luther Egbert Hall (August 30, 1869 – November 6, 1921) was the 35th governor of Louisiana from 1912 to 1916. Prior to that, he was a state senator from 1898 to 1900, a state district judge from 1900 to 1906, and state appellate judge from 1906 to 1911. Before his death, he was assistant attorney general from 1918 to 1921. He built the historic Gov. Luther Hall House in Monroe, Louisiana in 1906.
Career He was elected to the Louisiana Supreme Court in 1912, but was then elected governor before taking his seat on the court.Celebration of the Centenary of the Supreme Court of Louisiana (March 1, 1913), in John Wymond, Henry Plauché Dart, eds., The Louisiana Historical Quarterly (1922), p. 124. In becoming governor, he defeated James B. Aswell, the former president of Northwestern State University (then the Louisiana State Normal College) in Natchitoches in the Democratic primary.
A political progressive, Louisiana A History By Light Townsend Cummins, Judith Kelleher Schafer, Edward F. Haas, Michael L. Kurtz, 2014, P.256 Hall presided over numerous reforms during his time as governor such as a commission council form of government for New OrleansLouisiana Governors Rulers, Rascals, and Reformers By Walter Greaves Cowan, Jack B. McGuire, 2010, P.144 and various measures aimed at helping working people.Title: Labor Legislation of 1912 : Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, No. 111 Date: December 13, 1912, P.80-84Labor Legislation of 1914 : Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, No. 166 Date: December 15, 1914, P.75-92
Death Hall died on November 6, 1921, of a heart attack while campaigning for a seat on the Louisiana Supreme Court. He is interred at Bastrop City Cemetery in Bastrop.
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External links Cemetery Memorial by La-Cemeteries