Hall, Leonard W. (Leonard Wood), 1900-1979

LC control no.	n 93030170
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Hall, Leonard W. (Leonard Wood), 1900-1979 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Located	Locust Valley, N.Y.
Birth date	19001002
Death date	19790602
Place of birth	Oyster Bay, N.Y.
Place of death	Glen Cove, N.Y.
Affiliation	New York (State). Legislature. Assembly United States. Congress. House Republican National Committee (U.S.)
Profession or occupation	Lawyers Legislators
Found in	NUCMC data from Library of Congress, Manuscript Division for Guggenheim, H. Papers, 1900-1972 (Leonard W. Hall) WWWA, 1977-1981 (Leonard Wood Hall; lawyer and chair of Rep. Nat. Com.; b. 1900; d. 1979) Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, via WWW, August 22, 2103 (Hall, Leonard Wood (1900-1979); a Representative from New York; born in Oyster Bay, Nassau County, N.Y., October 2, 1900; graduated from the law department of Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., in 1920; was admitted to the bar in 1922 and commenced practice in New York City; member of the State assembly in 1927 and 1928 and 1934-1938; sheriff of Nassau County, N.Y., 1929-1931; delegate to the Republican State conventions, 1930-1958 and to the Republican National Conventions in 1948, 1952, 1956, and 1968; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth Congress; reelected to the six succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1939, until December 31, 1952; did not seek reelection in 1952 to the Eighty-third Congress; elected surrogate of Nassau County, N.Y., in November 1952, resigning to become chairman of the Republican National Committee, serving from 1953 to 1957; was President Eisenhower's personal representative at opening of the Brussels World's Fair in April 1958; resumed the practice of law in Garden City, N.Y., and New York City; resided in Locust Valley, N.Y.; died in Glen Cove, N.Y., June 2, 1979)
Associated language	eng