John P. Hale
| John P. Hale | |
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United States Senator from New Hampshire |
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In office March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph Cilley |
| Succeeded by | Charles G. Atherton |
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In office July 30, 1855 – March 3, 1865 |
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| Preceded by | Jared W. Williams |
| Succeeded by | Aaron H. Cragin |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire's At-large district |
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In office March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 |
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| Preceded by | Ira Allen Eastman |
| Succeeded by | District eliminated |
| United States Minister to Spain | |
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In office March 10, 1865 – July 29, 1869 |
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| Appointed by | Abraham Lincoln |
| Preceded by | Gustav Koerner |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Sickles |
| Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives | |
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In office 1832 |
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John Parker Hale March 31, 1806 Rochester, New Hampshire |
| Died | November 19, 1873 (aged 67) Dover, New Hampshire |
| Political party | Democrat, Free Soil, Oppositionist, Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Lucy Hill Lambert |
| Profession | Politician, Lawyer |
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John Parker Hale (March 31, 1806 – November 19, 1873) was an American politician and lawyer from New Hampshire. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1843 to 1845 and in the United States Senate from 1847 to 1853 and again from 1855 to 1865. He was one of the first senators to make a stand against slavery. Hale was a leading member of the Free Soil Party and was its presidential nominee in 1852.
Hale was born in Rochester, Strafford County, New Hampshire, the son of John Parker Hale and Lydia Clarkson O'Brien. He attended Phillips Exeter Academy and graduated in 1827 from Bowdoin College, where he was a classmate of Franklin Pierce and a prominent member of the Athenian Society, a literary club. He began his law studies in Rochester with Jeremiah H. Woodman, and continued them with Daniel M. Christie in Dover. He passed the bar examination in 1830, and practiced law in Dover. He married Lucy Lambert, the daughter of William Thomas Lambert and Abigail Ricker.
In March 1832, Hale was elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives as a Democrat. In 1834, President Andrew Jackson appointed him as U.S. District Attorney for New Hampshire. This appointment was renewed by President Martin Van Buren in 1838, but in 1841 Hale was removed on party grounds by President John Tyler, a Whig.
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