Read the bio below and try to give details on william hall -lrb- governor -rrb- 's: - party - predecessor - birth date - branch - profession - resting place - caption - order - death date - spouse - office - term end - serviceyears - name - death place - birth place - successor - imagesize - battles - term start - image - rank Bio: william hall -lrb- february 11 , 1775 -- october 7 , 1856 -rrb- was an american politician who served as the seventh governor of the state of tennessee from april to october 1829 . hall ascended to the office when governor sam houston resigned amidst a scandal , and , as speaker of the tennessee senate , he was the first in the line of succession . after finishing houston 's term , he did not seek reelection . hall had previously served in the tennessee state legislature , both in the house and senate . following his brief term as governor , he served one term in the united states house of representatives .
- party is democratic party- predecessor is sam houston robert c. foster- birth date is 11 february 1775- branch is tennessee militia- profession is planter- resting place is hall cemetery sumner county , tennessee- caption is portrait by washington b. cooper- order is 7th- death date is 07 october 1856- spouse is mary alexander- office is governor of tennessee member of the- term end is october 1 , 1829- serviceyears is 1812 & ndash ; 1813- name is william hall- death place is sumner county , tennessee- birth place is surry county , north carolina- successor is william carroll joel walker- imagesize is 200px- battles is creek war- term start is april 16 , 1829- image is hall-william-by-wb-cooper . jpg- rank is brigadier general