Kenneth Hall (Illinois politician)

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Kenneth Hall Sr. (May 20, 1915 – March 21, 1995) was an American politician. A Democrat, he served in the Illinois House of Representatives and Illinois Senate.

Biography[edit]

Hall was born in East St. Louis, Illinois. He went to Parks College in Cahokia, Illinois. Hall served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1967 to 1971 and was a Democrat. He then serve in the Illinois Senate from 1971 until his death in 1995. Hall was the first African-American to serve as assistant majority leader in the Illinois Senate. Hall died from pneumonia at the Saint Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri.[1][2]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ 'Illinois Blue Book 1993-1994,' Biographical Sketch of Kenneth Hall,' pg. 122
  2. ^ 'Veteran State Legislator Kenneth Hall, 79,' The Chicago Tribune, Rick Pearson, March 23, 1995