Leonard W. Hall

Leonard Wood Hall (October 2, 1900 – June 2, 1979) was an American lawyer and politician who served seven terms as a United States representative from New York from 1939 to 1952.

He was born at Sagamore Hill, the manor house of future President Theodore Roosevelt, near Oyster Bay, New York.

He married Gladys Dowsey, the daughter of local Republican political leader, on May 10, 1934, in Oyster Bay.

Later that year he was a candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor of New York, but withdrew in favor of Nelson Rockefeller, who went on to defeat incumbent W. Averell Harriman in the general election.

Buried along with Hall in Memorial Cemetery are a number of other American celebrities, government officials, and political figures of the 20th century, including Henry L. Stimson, William S. Paley, and Arthur Dove.

Leonard W. Hall (right) with Israel 's Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion in Jerusalem , 1951