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Sam B. Hall, Jr. U.S. Courthouse on Whetstone Square in Marshall, Texas. The building was originally the Marshall Post Office, constructed in the 1920s, but it was vacated in the 1960s for a newer facility.

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.

Hall was born and raised in Marshall, where he 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, 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 law degree in 1948. After being admitted to the bar he returned to Marshall to practice law.

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. In 1985, President Reagan nominated him as a federal judge for the Eastern District of Texas. He was quickly confirmed and subsequently resigned from Congress to be sworn in as judge. He continued to serve until his death in 1994.

The Sam B. Hall Federal Courthouse in Marshall, Texas was renamed in his honor.

External links

• Sam B. Hall at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress