John Elihu Hall (December 27, 1783 – June 12, 1829) was an American lawyer, writer and publisher who was born and lived for most of his life in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with important parts of his career spent in Maryland.
His brother was the Ohio and Illinois writer James Hall.
[1] He studied at Princeton University and was admitted to the bar in Philadelphia in 1805.
[2] During this period he also served as professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore.
His primary work was editing The Port Folio, beginning in 1816, which had been floundering since its original publisher (and friend of the family) Joseph Dennie died in 1812.