He graduated from Central High School in 1956 and attended Mississippi State University, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in 1960.

He was elected to the Mississippi House in 1975 for District 31A in Hinds County and took office in 1976 as a Democrat.

[1] In 1988, he was elected the Mississippi State Senate for District 25, succeeding Sen. Con Maloney;[5][6] Hall served three consecutive terms.

[1] Hall was appointed by Kirk Fordice to the Mississippi Transportation Commission on April 12, 1999, to fill an unexpired term from Wayne Burkes.

[7] He retired in 2020, making his total tenure 20 years and 9 months, the longest of any commissioner in state history.