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{{About|the [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] governor and signer of the [[Declaration of Independence]]|the second president of [[Georgia Institute of Technology|Georgia Tech]]|Lyman Hall (academic)|the high school|Lyman Hall High School}} |
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{{Infobox Governor |
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|name =Lyman Hall|image =Lyman hall.jpg |
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|order =[[List of Governors of Georgia|16th]] |
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|office =Governor of Georgia |
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|term_start =January 8, 1783 |
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|term_end =January 9, 1784 |
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|lieutenant = |
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|predecessor =[[John Martin (Governor of Georgia)|John Martin]] |
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|successor =[[John Houstoun]] |
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|birth_date =April 12, 1724 |
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|birth_place =[[Wallingford, Connecticut]] |
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|death_date = {{death date and age|1790|10|19|1724|4|12}} |
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|death_place =[[Burke County, Georgia]] |
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|party =[[Whig (United States)|Whig]] |
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|profession =Governor |
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|signature = Lyman Hall signature.png |
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'''Lyman Hall''' (April 12, 1724{{spaced ndash}}October 19, 1790), physician, clergyman, and statesman, was a signer of the [[United States]] [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]] as a representative of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. [[Hall County, Georgia|Hall County]] is named after him. |
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==Early life and family== |
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Lyman Hall was the son of John Hall and Mary Hall (née Street) Hall and graduated from [[Yale College]] in 1747, a tradition his seven siblings would repeat. In 1749, he was called to the pulpit of Stratfield Parish (now Bridgeport, CT). His pastorate was a stormy one: an outspoken group of parishioners opposed his ordination; in 1751, he was dismissed after charges against his moral character which, according to one biography, "were supported by proof and also by his own confession." He continued to preach for two more years, filling vacant pulpits, while he studied medicine and taught school. |
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In 1752, he married Abigail Burr of [[Fairfield, Connecticut]], however, she died the following year. In 1757, he was married again to Mary Osborne. He migrated to [[South Carolina]] and established himself as a physician at [[Dorchester, South Carolina]], near [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]], a community settled by Congregationalist migrants from [[Dorchester, Massachusetts]] decades earlier. When these settlers moved to the [[Midway, Georgia|Midway District]]{{spaced ndash}}now [[Liberty County, Georgia|Liberty County]]{{spaced ndash}}in Georgia, Hall accompanied them. He soon became one of the leading citizens of the newly founded town of Sunbury. |
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==Revolutionary war== |
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On the eve of the [[American Revolution]], St. John's Parish, in which Sunbury was located, was a hotbed of radical sentiment in a predominantly [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|loyalist]] colony. Though Georgia was not initially represented in the [[First Continental Congress]], through Hall's influence, the parish was persuaded to send a delegate{{spaced ndash}}Hall himself{{spaced ndash}}to [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], to the [[Second Continental Congress]]. He was admitted to a seat in Congress in 1775. He was one of the three Georgians to sign the Declaration of Independence. |
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In January 1779, Sunbury was burned by the British. Hall's family fled to the North, where they remained until the British evacuation in 1782. Hall then returned to Georgia, settling in [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]]. In January 1783, he was elected an early [[governor of Georgia|governor]] of the state{{spaced ndash}}a position that he held for one year. While governor, Hall advocated the chartering of a state university, believing that education, particularly religious education, would result in a more virtuous citizenry. His efforts led to the chartering of the [[University of Georgia]] in 1785. At the expiration of his term as governor, he resumed his medical practice. |
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==Death and legacy== |
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In 1790, Hall removed to a plantation in [[Burke County, Georgia]], on the Carolina border, where he died on October 19 at the age of 66. Hall's widow, Mary Osborne, survived him, dying in November 1793. |
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Lyman Hall is memorialized in Georgia where [[Hall County, Georgia]] bears his namesake; and in Connecticut, his native state, where the town of Wallingford honored him by naming a [[Lyman Hall High School|high school]] after its distinguished native son. Elementary schools in [[Liberty County, Georgia]] and in [[Hall County, Georgia]] are also named for him. |
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[[Signers Monument]], a granite obelisk in front of the courthouse in [[Augusta, Georgia]], memorializes Hall and the other two Georgians who signed the Declaration of Independence. His remains were re-interred there from his original grave on his plantation in Burke County. |
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==In popular culture== |
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Lyman Hall is portrayed in the 1969 Broadway musical [[1776 (musical)|''1776'']] and in the 1972 [[1776 (film)|film of the same name]] by Jonathan Moore. As presented in the play and in the film, at a critical point in the struggle of [[John Adams]] to convince his fellow delegates to the [[Second Continental Congress]] to choose independence, Hall re-enters the chamber to change Georgia's vote. He says he has been thinking: "In trying to resolve my dilemma I remembered something I'd once read, 'that a representative owes the People not only his industry, but his judgment, and he betrays them if he sacrifices it to their opinion.' It was written by [[Edmund Burke]], a member of the [[British Parliament]]." Hall then walks over to the tally board and changes Georgia's vote from "Nay" to "Yea." |
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==References== |
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*Franklin B. Dexter. 1896. "Lyman Hall." In ''BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE GRADUATES OF YALE COLLEGE'', 1745-1763. New York: Henry Holt & Company. |
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*Charles S. Hall. 1896. ''HALL ANCESTRY''. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. |
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*Walter A. Clark. ''Dr. Lyman Street Hall: Connecticut's Contribution to Colonial Georgia.'' Correspondence, The Hartford Courant, Mar. 16, 1910, p. 16. |
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==External links== |
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{{Portal|Biography}} |
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*{{CongBio|H000061}} |
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*{{Find a Grave|2786}} |
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| before= [[John Martin (Governor of Georgia)|John Martin]] |
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| title= [[List of governors of Georgia|Governor of Georgia]] |
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| years= 1783–1784 |
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| after= [[John Houstoun]]}} |
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{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> |
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| NAME =Hall, Lyman |
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| DATE OF BIRTH =April 12, 1724 |
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| PLACE OF BIRTH =[[Wallingford, Connecticut]] |
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| DATE OF DEATH =October 19, 1790 |
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| PLACE OF DEATH =[[Burke County, Georgia]] |
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}} |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hall, Lyman}} |
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[[Category:1724 births]] |
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[[Category:Continental Congressmen from Georgia (U.S. state)]] |
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[[Category:Governors of Georgia (U.S. state)]] |
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[[Category:Signers of the United States Declaration of Independence]] |
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[[Category:American physicians]] |
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[[Category:People of Georgia (U.S. state) in the American Revolution]] |
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[[Category:People from New Haven County, Connecticut]] |
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[[Category:Yale University alumni]] |
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[[Category:University of Georgia]] |
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[[Category:American people of English descent]] |
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[[Category:Unaffiliated state governors of the United States]] |
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Revision as of 13:21, 25 October 2013
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