John Hall

John Joseph Hall (born July 23, 1948) is an American musician, politician, environmentalist and community activist.He was elected to the county legislature of Ulster County, New York, in 1989 and to the Saugerties, New York, Board of Education in 1991, and he was the U.S. Representative for, serving from 2007 to 2011.He is a member of the Democratic Party. The 19th District includes all or part of five counties on both sides of the Hudson River: Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Orange and Rockland, with more than 650,000 residents.Hall also founded the rock band Orleans in 1972, a musical collaboration that continues to this day.