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Frederick Lee Hall (July 24, 1916 – March 18, 1970) was an American lawyer, judge, and politician who served as the 31st lieutenant governor of Kansas from 1951 to 1955 and 33rd governor of Kansas from 1955 until 1957 and a justice of the Kansas Supreme Court from 1957 to 1958. He was a member of the Republican Party.

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Biography

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Hall was born in Dodge City and graduated from Dodge City High School where his participation on the debate team and his academic achievements earned him a scholarship to the University of Southern California. While attending U.S.C., he was a member of the International Debating Team, finished his B.A. degree in 1938, stayed on and earned his J.D. degree.[1] He married Leadell Schneider and they had one child.

Career

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During World War II, Hall enlisted and was rejected when he failed to pass his physical. From 1942 to 1944, he served as an assistant director of the Combined Production and Resources Board, coordinating production planning with Britain and Canada, and based in Washington.

Hall established his law practice in Topeka and Dodge City and served as the Ford County attorney from 1947 to 1949. Elected Lieutenant Governor of Kansas, he served from 1951 to 1955.[2]

Elected in 1954, Hall was sworn into the governorship on January 10, 1955. During his tenure, the director of the state purchasing agency was fired, a high school aid law was authorized, a water resource commission was organized, and a "right to work" bill was vetoed.[3] Hall saw right-to-work legislation as a way to pit people against each other, and believed that the Republican Party shouldn't be an anti-labor party.[4]

Hall resigned to become a justice of Kansas Supreme Court in 1957[5] after being defeated in the primary for re-election to office, in what is known as the "triple-play of 1956". Warren Shaw defeated Hall in the Republican primary for governor, and Shaw lost the subsequent Gubernatorial general election to Democrat George Docking. Sitting Chief Justice Bill Smith – a strong supporter of Hall – was seriously ill and contemplating a retirement from his position as Chief Justice; however, he was concerned that if he retired after Docking took office in January 1957, Docking would appoint a Democrat as chief justice. Smith, Hall, and Lieutenant Governor John McCuish devised a plan to prevent this from happening. Chief Justice Smith resigned effective January 3, 1957. Smith's resignation was quickly followed by Governor Hall's resignation also effective on January 3, 1957. As a result of Hall's resignation, Lieutenant Governor McCuish was sworn in as Kansas Governor. On the same day Walter G. Thiele became Chief Justice and Hall replaced Thiel as a justice of the Kansas Supreme Court. Thiel left the court the same day Docking became governor and Jay S. Parker replaced Thiel as chief justice.[6]

Hall served on the Supreme Court bench until April 7, 1958, when he resigned to again run for the governorship where he lost the primary. Defeated in his bid, he retired from politics and moved to California where he became an executive in the management control of the Aerojet General Corporation.

Hall served as the president of the California Republican Assembly[7] He was elected to the position at the organization's 1962 convention.[8] Hall, who had found evidence of anti-Semitic and segregationist attitudes from John Birch Society members in the California Republican Assembly, described the Society's ideology as totalitarian and the closest thing to a fascist party in America.[9]

In 1964, he ran for the Republican nomination for the 1964 United States Senate election in California, losing to George Murphy, a retired Hollywood star.

He returned later to Dodge City and resumed his law practice.

Death and legacy

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He was a member of the Methodist Church and a member of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity and elected to a term on the Phi Kappa Tau National Council in 1956. Hall died at Shawnee and is interred at Maple Grove Cemetery in Dodge City.

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Fred Hall is an American politician known for serving as the 33rd Governor of Kansas from 1955 to 1957 and for his controversial resignation to accept appointment to the Kansas Supreme Court. Born Frederick Lee Hall on July 24, 1916, in Dodge City, Kansas, he earned a B.A. in 1938 and a J.D. from the University of Southern California, where he also participated in international debating. After practicing law in Topeka and Dodge City, he served as Ford County attorney from 1947 to 1949 and as Lieutenant Governor of Kansas from 1951 to 1955. Elected governor as a Republican in 1954, Hall's administration advanced water resource management, sanctioned a small loan law, authorized high school aid, approved higher truck license fees, and vetoed a right-to-work bill. He lost the 1956 Republican primary for renomination and resigned the governorship on January 3, 1957, eleven days before the term ended, to accept appointment to the Kansas Supreme Court by his successor Lieutenant Governor John McCuish, a move widely regarded as controversial though legal. Hall served on the court until spring 1958, when he resigned to make an unsuccessful run for governor. He later worked as an executive in California for Aerojet General Corporation before returning to Kansas to resume his legal practice. Fred Hall died on March 18, 1970, at the age of 53.

Early life

Frederick Lee Hall was born on July 24, 1916, in Dodge City, Kansas. He attended the University of Southern California, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1938 and a Juris Doctor degree. While at USC, he participated in international debating. After completing his education, Hall practiced law in Topeka and Dodge City. No early music career is documented for Fred Hall (Frederick Lee Hall, 1916–1970), the 33rd Governor of Kansas. There is no evidence that he participated in vaudeville, played piano professionally, or made recordings. Claims suggesting otherwise refer to a different individual with the same name. Hall's early professional life was in law after earning his B.A. (1938) and J.D. from the University of Southern California. He practiced law in Topeka and Dodge City before serving as Ford County attorney from 1947 to 1949. No recording or bandleading career is documented for Frederick Lee Hall, the 33rd Governor of Kansas (born 1916). The preceding content appears to describe the unrelated musician Fred Hall (1898–1954), a New York-based bandleader and recording artist active in the 1920s–1940s.

Songwriting partnership

Collaboration with Arthur Fields and major compositions

Fred Hall began his long-term songwriting partnership with Arthur Fields after they met in May 1926 at the Consolidated Record Corporation (Emerson) studio, where Hall served as musical director and Fields was a frequent recording artist. Their collaboration quickly formed when Hall assisted Fields in extending a short song during a session, leading to an immediate decision to write together. From 1926 to around 1942, Hall and Fields co-wrote more than 250 original compositions and arrangements. Their first published song was "Tex, Old Pal," released on January 31, 1929, as a tribute to boxing promoter Tex Rickard. A major hit that same year was "I Got a ‘Code’ in My ‘Doze’" (also known as "Cold in My Nose"), co-written with Billy Rose. By the late 1920s, their output shifted toward hillbilly and country-comedy material, including songs such as "Eleven More Months and Ten More Days" (copyrighted late 1929 and published April 15, 1930), "Jew’s Harp Bill," and "Calamity Jane." On January 22, 1931, Hall and Fields incorporated the Piedmont Music Company, Inc., to publish and copyright their works. Their songs were recorded or performed by artists including Vernon Dalhart, Gene Autry, Kate Smith, and Adelyne Hood. Hall became a member of ASCAP in 1939. The partnership ended around 1942 for reasons that remain undocumented in printed sources, though one oral account from Joe Franklin suggested a possible connection to Hall's drinking. Several copyrights for their songs were later renewed by Beatrice B. Hall, who claimed to be Fred Hall's widow.

Radio broadcasting

Major radio programs and contributions

Fred Hall established a prominent presence in radio broadcasting beginning in the early 1930s through his ongoing collaboration with Arthur Fields, performing as a country music ensemble known as the Rex Cole Mountaineers. This act, sponsored by refrigerator salesman Rex Cole, featured parodies and playful material, airing six days a week from 5:45 to 6:00 PM on WEAF, with the program running from 1930 to 1933. The group sometimes appeared under variant names such as the Colt Brothers during this period.) Their radio success led to additional work, including transcription discs recorded in 1935 for NBC Thesaurus under names like Fields and Hall Mountaineers or Hank Ranger. In the mid-1930s, Hall continued his broadcasting career with new programs, including the Streamliners, which ran from January 6, 1936, to November 13, 1937. His most enduring radio effort came with the Sunday Drivers, a safety-oriented program co-starring Arthur Fields that broadcast from April 25, 1937, to January 19, 1941, often on NBC. This show emphasized road safety messages alongside musical performances. Hall also contributed to children's safety programming with No School Today from 1938 to 1940. Later in his radio tenure, Hall was involved in the short-lived Pipe Smoking Time on CBS during 1940–1941, which notably debuted Woody Guthrie among its performers. His radio work frequently incorporated songs from his songwriting catalog with Fields, helping popularize their compositions through regular airplay on these programs. No known film or television appearances for Fred Hall. After resigning from the Kansas Supreme Court in spring 1958 following an unsuccessful run for governor in the 1958 election, Hall retired from politics. He relocated to California, where he worked as an executive in Management Control at Aerojet General Corporation. He later returned to Kansas and reestablished his legal practice. Hall died on March 18, 1970, at the age of 53 in Shawnee, Kansas. He was buried at Maple Grove Cemetery in Dodge City, Kansas.
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