Luther E. Hall
Luther Egbert Hall was the 35th governor of Louisiana from 1912 to 1916. Prior to that, he was a state senator from 1898 to 1900, a state district judge from 1900 to 1906, and state appellate judge from 1906 to 1911. Before his death, he was assistant attorney general from 1918 to 1921.Career
He was elected to the Louisiana Supreme Court in 1912, but was then elected governor before taking his seat on the court. In becoming governor, he defeated James B. Aswell, the former president of Northwestern State University in Natchitoches in the Democratic primary.
Hall's private secretary was Robert Roberts, Jr., a native of Union Parish who served as mayor of both Farmerville and Minden, state representative for Webster Parish, and judge of the 26th Judicial District from 1920 to 1925. Hall appointed Roberts to a two-year vacancy on the Louisiana Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Shreveport.Death
Hall died on November 6, 1921, of a heart attack while campaigning for a seat on the Louisiana Supreme Court. He is interred at Bastrop City Cemetery in Bastrop.
