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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=William Pike Hall Sr.
| image=William Pike Hall, Sr., of LA.jpg
| office=[Louisiana]] State Senator<br> for Caddo and DeSoto parishes
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| term_start=1924
| term_end=1932
| preceded=E. Wayles Browne
| succeeded=[[Cecil Morgan]]
| birth_date=October 10, 1896
| birth_place=|Mansfield, DeSoto Parish<br>[[Louisiana]], USA
| death_dateDecember 16, 1945 (aged 49)
| death_place=[[Shreveport]], Louisiana
| resting_place=Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport
| residence=Shreveport, Louisiana
| religion=[[Methodist]]
| alma_mater=Centenary College of Louisiana<br>
[[University of the South]]<br>
[[Tulane University]] Law School<br>
[[Columbia University]] Law School
| occupation=[[Attorney]]
| spouse=Hazel Tucker Hall (married 1925-1945, his death)
| children=Hazel Hall Schaffer<br>
[[Pike Hall Jr.]]
|relations=George W. Jack (uncle)<br>
[[Whitfield Jack]] (cousin)<br>
Wellborn Jack (cousin)<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
William Pike and Lillian Ida Jack Hall<br>
Elise Tally Hall (stepmother_
|branch=[[United States Army]]
[[World War II]]
|rank=Private in ambulance corpsi<br>
[[Judge Advocate General's Corps]]
}}
'''William Pike Hall Sr.'''<ref>Hall was actually a Jr., and his father was "Sr." During his lifetime this second William Pike Hall used the suffix "Jr." His son, Judge Pike Hall, Jr. (1931-1999), also used the suffix "Jr.", rather than "III." This Hall's son is Pike Hall, III, instead of Pike Hall, IV; he is William Pike Hall Sr.'s great-grandson.</ref> (October 19, 1896 – December 16, 1945), was an [attorney]], civic leader, and [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[politician]] from [[Shreveport, [[Louisiana]].
==Background==
Hall was born in Mansfield in DeSoto Parish located south of Shreveport, the youngest of four children of Judge William Pike Hall (1851-1928), a native of Iredell County, [[North Carolina]]. Judge Hall presided over DeSoto and Red River parishes. The judge's first wife and Pike's mother, Lillian Ida Jack (1862-1898) of [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], died when young Pike was two years of age. The judge then married the former Elise Tally (died 1954), and they are interred together at Greenwood Cemetery in Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28963105|title=William Pike Hall|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=October 25, 2020}}</ref>
Hall was a maternal nephew of United States District Judge George W. Jac ]and a cousin of Shreveport attorneys [[Whitfield Jack]] and Wellborn Jack, the latter a member of the[Louisiana House of Representatives for Caddo Parish from 1940 to 1964.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024: Caddo and DeSoto parishes|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=October 25, 2020}}</ref>
==Career==
In 1900, Hall moved to Shreveport, where he was in time educated at [[Methodist]]-affiliated Centenary College and thereafter the [[University of the South]] at Sewanee, [[Tennessee]], [[Tulane University]] Law School]] in [[New Orleans]], and the [[Columbia Law School]] in [[New York City]]. In 1922, he received his Bachelor of Laws degree from Columbia and was admitted that year to the Louisiana bar. He was affiliated with Kappa Alpha Order social fraternity and the legal fraternity, Phi Delta Phi.<ref name=obit>{{cite news|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57373642|title=Funeral for Pike Hall at 11 A.M. Today – Prominent Attorney, Civic Leader Succumbs After Brief Illness|publisher==The Shreveport Times'' through findagrave.com|date=December 17, 1945|pages=1, 6|accessdate=October 25, 2020}}</ref>
In 1917 and 1918, Hall was a private with the [[United States Army]] [[ambulance]] corps in [[France]]. He was a [[Captain]] in the [[Judge Advocate General's Corps]] during [[World War II]] but was discharged for a physical disability. He sat on the local Selective Service Board. He was affiliated with the veterans organizations, the Forty and Eight], The American Legion, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was a member of the Louisiana Civil Service League. He was a member of the Shreveport Country Club and The Boston Club of New Orleans. He was a member of the First Methodist Church of Shreveport.<ref name=obit/>
From 1924 to 1932, Hall represented Caddo and DeSoto parishes in the [state Senate]] during the administrations of [[Governor]]s Henry Fuqua, Oramel H. Simpson]], and [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long Jr.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/1880membership.pdf|title=
State Senate, 1880-2024: Caddo and DeSoto parishes|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=October 25, 2020}}</ref> One of his Senate successors was the Shreveport attorney [[Cecil Morgan]], a leader of the [[Huey Long|anti-Long]] forces in the chamber. Hall was a partner in the Shreveport law firm of Foster, Hall, and Smith; he was also active in the Louisiana Law Institute and at all levels of the bar association, including the presidency of the organization in 1940 and 1941.<ref name=obit/>
In 1925, Hall married the former Hazel Tucker, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. C. M. Tucker of Haughton in southeastern [[Bossier City|Bossier Parish]]. The couple had two children, Hazel, later Hazel Schaffer, and [[Pike Hall Jr.]], a subsequent judge who at the time of his father's death was attending [[Clifton Ellis Byrd]] High School in Shreveport. Hall died in a Shreveport sanitarium at the age of forty-nine from complications of a cerebral [[stroke]]. He is interred at Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport.<ref name=obit/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hall, Sr., William Pike}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Senators]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:United States Army]]
[[Category:World War I]]
[[Category:Methodists]]
| name=William Pike Hall Sr.
| image=William Pike Hall, Sr., of LA.jpg
| office=[Louisiana]] State Senator<br> for Caddo and DeSoto parishes
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| term_start=1924
| term_end=1932
| preceded=E. Wayles Browne
| succeeded=[[Cecil Morgan]]
| birth_date=October 10, 1896
| birth_place=|Mansfield, DeSoto Parish<br>[[Louisiana]], USA
| death_dateDecember 16, 1945 (aged 49)
| death_place=[[Shreveport]], Louisiana
| resting_place=Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport
| residence=Shreveport, Louisiana
| religion=[[Methodist]]
| alma_mater=Centenary College of Louisiana<br>
[[University of the South]]<br>
[[Tulane University]] Law School<br>
[[Columbia University]] Law School
| occupation=[[Attorney]]
| spouse=Hazel Tucker Hall (married 1925-1945, his death)
| children=Hazel Hall Schaffer<br>
[[Pike Hall Jr.]]
|relations=George W. Jack (uncle)<br>
[[Whitfield Jack]] (cousin)<br>
Wellborn Jack (cousin)<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
William Pike and Lillian Ida Jack Hall<br>
Elise Tally Hall (stepmother_
|branch=[[United States Army]]
[[World War II]]
|rank=Private in ambulance corpsi<br>
[[Judge Advocate General's Corps]]
}}
'''William Pike Hall Sr.'''<ref>Hall was actually a Jr., and his father was "Sr." During his lifetime this second William Pike Hall used the suffix "Jr." His son, Judge Pike Hall, Jr. (1931-1999), also used the suffix "Jr.", rather than "III." This Hall's son is Pike Hall, III, instead of Pike Hall, IV; he is William Pike Hall Sr.'s great-grandson.</ref> (October 19, 1896 – December 16, 1945), was an [attorney]], civic leader, and [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[politician]] from [[Shreveport, [[Louisiana]].
==Background==
Hall was born in Mansfield in DeSoto Parish located south of Shreveport, the youngest of four children of Judge William Pike Hall (1851-1928), a native of Iredell County, [[North Carolina]]. Judge Hall presided over DeSoto and Red River parishes. The judge's first wife and Pike's mother, Lillian Ida Jack (1862-1898) of [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], died when young Pike was two years of age. The judge then married the former Elise Tally (died 1954), and they are interred together at Greenwood Cemetery in Shreveport.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28963105|title=William Pike Hall|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=October 25, 2020}}</ref>
Hall was a maternal nephew of United States District Judge George W. Jac ]and a cousin of Shreveport attorneys [[Whitfield Jack]] and Wellborn Jack, the latter a member of the[Louisiana House of Representatives for Caddo Parish from 1940 to 1964.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024: Caddo and DeSoto parishes|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=October 25, 2020}}</ref>
==Career==
In 1900, Hall moved to Shreveport, where he was in time educated at [[Methodist]]-affiliated Centenary College and thereafter the [[University of the South]] at Sewanee, [[Tennessee]], [[Tulane University]] Law School]] in [[New Orleans]], and the [[Columbia Law School]] in [[New York City]]. In 1922, he received his Bachelor of Laws degree from Columbia and was admitted that year to the Louisiana bar. He was affiliated with Kappa Alpha Order social fraternity and the legal fraternity, Phi Delta Phi.<ref name=obit>{{cite news|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57373642|title=Funeral for Pike Hall at 11 A.M. Today – Prominent Attorney, Civic Leader Succumbs After Brief Illness|publisher==The Shreveport Times'' through findagrave.com|date=December 17, 1945|pages=1, 6|accessdate=October 25, 2020}}</ref>
In 1917 and 1918, Hall was a private with the [[United States Army]] [[ambulance]] corps in [[France]]. He was a [[Captain]] in the [[Judge Advocate General's Corps]] during [[World War II]] but was discharged for a physical disability. He sat on the local Selective Service Board. He was affiliated with the veterans organizations, the Forty and Eight], The American Legion, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was a member of the Louisiana Civil Service League. He was a member of the Shreveport Country Club and The Boston Club of New Orleans. He was a member of the First Methodist Church of Shreveport.<ref name=obit/>
From 1924 to 1932, Hall represented Caddo and DeSoto parishes in the [state Senate]] during the administrations of [[Governor]]s Henry Fuqua, Oramel H. Simpson]], and [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long Jr.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/1880membership.pdf|title=
State Senate, 1880-2024: Caddo and DeSoto parishes|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=October 25, 2020}}</ref> One of his Senate successors was the Shreveport attorney [[Cecil Morgan]], a leader of the [[Huey Long|anti-Long]] forces in the chamber. Hall was a partner in the Shreveport law firm of Foster, Hall, and Smith; he was also active in the Louisiana Law Institute and at all levels of the bar association, including the presidency of the organization in 1940 and 1941.<ref name=obit/>
In 1925, Hall married the former Hazel Tucker, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. C. M. Tucker of Haughton in southeastern [[Bossier City|Bossier Parish]]. The couple had two children, Hazel, later Hazel Schaffer, and [[Pike Hall Jr.]], a subsequent judge who at the time of his father's death was attending [[Clifton Ellis Byrd]] High School in Shreveport. Hall died in a Shreveport sanitarium at the age of forty-nine from complications of a cerebral [[stroke]]. He is interred at Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport.<ref name=obit/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hall, Sr., William Pike}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Senators]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:United States Army]]
[[Category:World War I]]
[[Category:Methodists]]