Career
He lost the 2006 election to Marcus Levings, but in the 2010 tribal election, Hall defeated Levings. Tex was reelected in 2003 at the annual convention in Albuquerque, New Mexico over Ernie Stensgar, Chairman of the Coeur d"Alene Tribe of Idaho. Tex Hall grew up on his family’s ranch in Mandaree, North Dakota where he still ranches cattle.
He has served as Chairman of the Inter Tribal Economic Alliance.
Hall earned his Master’s Degree in Education from the University of Mary in North Dakota. In 1995 Hall was named North Dakota Indian Educator of the Year.
Hall has been inducted into the North Dakota Amateur Basketball Hall of Fame, the National Indian Athletic Association Hall of Fame, and the Minot State University Bottineau Athletic Hall of Fame. As of 2012, Hall is active in the oil boom on his reservation.
As of 2010, he was "President of the Fort Berthold Allottee Land & Mineral Owners" Association, owner of Maheshu Energy, Limited Liability Company, Red Tipped Arrow, Limited Liability Company, Red Arrow Homes & Development, Limited Liability Company and Tex Hall Ranch." In March 2012 he testified in Congress in opposition to proposed regulations about fracking.
As Tribal Chairman, he has travelled frequently to Denver, Colorado, to meet with Environmental Protection Agency officials for approval of a refinery for oil extracted from the Bakken formation. Plans for refinery construction on the Fort Berthold Reservation received Department of the Interior approval in October 2012. Hall has had an ongoing interest in energy issues.
A 2004 interview with Hall on the United States Department of Energy "Wind Powering America" page gives extensive description of the wind power resources on tribal lands.