William N. "Billy" Hall, Jr.

William N. "Billy" Hall, Jr. (August 20, 1940 - February 19, 2002), was a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1973-1987 and, prior to his death in office, the elected Webb County treasurer. Ray Keck, III, president of Texas A&M International University in Laredo, the seat of Webb County, described his friend Hall as part of a diverse mix of south Texas culture: "He found in politics a forum to express his irrepressible love of people."

Hall served in the state House under the administrations of Governors Dolph Briscoe, Bill Clements (first term), and Mark White. He did not seek an eighth two-year term in 1986. Instead, he ran in the Democratic primary for the Texas State Senate, having lost the nomination to Judith Zaffirini, a Laredo educator and businesswoman, who in turn won the seat in the general election over the Republican Jeff Wentworth of San Antonio. Zaffirini still holds the seat and is a legislative spokesperson on matters of health care and education. Hall's former state House seat first reverted to current U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar and then in 2001 to Richard Raymond, both Democrats.

In 2007, the Webb County Commissioners Court named the county administrative building after Hall. There is a bronze bust of Hall in the lobby of the building. Hall is also honored through the William N. "Billy" Hall Student Center on the Laredo Community College South Campus, located off U.S. Highway 83 in southeastern Laredo. Ironically, Hall's old intraparty rival Zaffirini is honored on the same campus by the naming of the library.

Hall's survivors included his wife, the former Annabelle Uribe (born 1947), and a son, William Hall, III.