Dominic Augustin Hall

Dominic Augustin Hall (January 1, 1765 – December 19, 1820) was chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, chief judge for the United States Circuit Court for the Fifth Circuit, and a judge for the United States District Court for the District of Louisiana and the District of Orleans (the federal territorial court replaced by the District of Louisiana).

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Dominic Augustin Hall
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Louisiana
In office
June 1, 1813 – December 19, 1820
Appointed byJames Madison
Preceded byhimself
Succeeded byJohn Dick
In office
June 1, 1812 – February 22, 1813
Appointed byJames Madison
Preceded bySeat established by 2 Stat. 701
Succeeded byhimself
Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
In office
February 22, 1813 – May 29, 1813
Appointed byWilliam C. C. Claiborne
Preceded bySeat established
Succeeded byFrancois Xavier Martin
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Orleans
In office
December 11, 1804 – April 30, 1812
Appointed byThomas Jefferson
Preceded bySeat established by 2 Stat. 283
Succeeded bySeat abolished
Chief Judge of the United States Circuit Court for the Fifth Circuit
In office
July 1, 1801 – July 1, 1802
Appointed byThomas Jefferson
Preceded bySeat established by 2 Stat. 89
Succeeded bySeat abolished
Personal details
Born
Dominic Augustin Hall

(1765-01-01)January 1, 1765
Province of South Carolina,
British America
DiedDecember 19, 1820(1820-12-19) (aged 55)
New Orleans, Louisiana

Education and career

Born on January 1, 1765, in the Province of South Carolina, British America, Hall entered private practice in Charleston, South Carolina starting in 1789.[1][2]

Federal judicial service

Hall received a recess appointment from President Thomas Jefferson on July 1, 1801, to the United States Circuit Court for the Fifth Circuit, to the new Chief Judge seat authorized by 2 Stat. 89. He was nominated to the same position by President Jefferson on January 6, 1802. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 26, 1802, and received his commission the same day. His service terminated on July 1, 1802, due to abolition of the court.[1]

Hall was nominated by President Jefferson on November 30, 1804, to the United States District Court for the District of Orleans, to a new seat authorized by 2 Stat. 283. He was confirmed by the Senate on November 30, 1804, and received his commission on December 11, 1804. His service terminated on April 30, 1812, due to abolition of the court.[1]

Hall was nominated by President James Madison on May 27, 1812, to the United States District Court for the District of Louisiana, to a new seat authorized by 2 Stat. 701. He was confirmed by the Senate on May 28, 1812, and received his commission on June 1, 1812. His service terminated on February 22, 1813, due to his resignation.[1]

Hall was nominated by President Madison on May 29, 1813, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Louisiana vacated by himself. He was confirmed by the Senate on June 1, 1813, and received his commission the same day. His service terminated on December 19, 1820, due to his death in New Orleans, Louisiana.[1]

Other service

Hall was the chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from February 1813, until May 1813.[1][2]

Conflict with Andrew Jackson

In 1815, after it was learned that a treaty ending the War of 1812 had been signed, Hall challenged Andrew Jackson's continuing enforcement of martial law. Hall was particularly incensed that Jackson had executed six militiamen for departing early from their enlistments. Jackson threw Hall in jail for daring to question his rule. After martial law ended, Hall fined Jackson $1,000 for contempt of court.[2][3] Nearly 30 years later, in 1844, Congress voted to repay the fine to Jackson, with interest.[2]

References
  1. "Hall, Dominic Augustin - Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
  2. Celebration of the Centenary of the Supreme Court of Louisiana (March 1, 1913), in John Wymond, Henry Plauché Dart, eds., The Louisiana Historical Quarterly (1922), p. 115.
  3. Daniel Walker Howe, What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815–1848 (New York: Oxford University Press, 2007), p. 70.
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