James A. Hall (1835-1893) was born in Jefferson, Maine, and died in Syracuse, New York. He was a Union Army Brevet Brigadier General, who served during the Civil War as commander of the 1st Battalion Maine Light Artillery and then became commander of the 2nd United States Volunteer Infantry. In the summer and fall of 1871 he embarked on a speaking tour of New England with Mary A. Livermore, a prominent leader in the women's suffrage movement. On the tour they would debate the topic of women's suffrage with Livermore speaking for and Hall against.

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