David McKee HALL, Congress, NC (1918-1960)

HALL, David McKee, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Sylva, Jackson County, N.C., May 16, 1918; attended the public schools in Jackson County, N.C.; special student at the University of North Carolina, receiving a certificate of law in 1947 and a law degree in 1948; was admitted to the bar and in 1948 commenced practice in Sylva, N.C.; served as attorney for the towns of Sylva, Dillsboro, Webster, and Jackson County; in 1952 was appointed to the Twentieth Judicial District Committee; organized the Jackson County Savings & Loan Association and served as secretary; in 1953 organized Jackson County Industries, Inc., and served as president; member of the State senate in the 1955 session; member of North Carolina Board of Water Commissioners 1955-1958; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-sixth Congress and served from January 3, 1959, until his death in Sylva, N.C., January 29, 1960; interment in Webster Methodist Church Cemetery, Webster, N.C.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present