Q:Facts: - party: democratic party - predecessor: sam houston robert c. foster - birth date: 11 february 1775 - branch: tennessee militia - profession: planter - resting place: hall cemetery sumner county , tennessee - caption: portrait by washington b. cooper - order: 7th - death date: 07 october 1856 - spouse: mary alexander - office: governor of tennessee member of the - term end: october 1 , 1829 - serviceyears: 1812 & ndash ; 1813 - name: william hall - death place: sumner county , tennessee - birth place: surry county , north carolina - successor: william carroll joel walker - imagesize: 200px - battles: creek war - term start: april 16 , 1829 - image: hall-william-by-wb-cooper . jpg - rank: brigadier general Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of william hall -lrb- governor -rrb- .
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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 .