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  1. 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.

  2. John Parker Hale was an American lawyer, senator, and reformer who was prominent in the antislavery movement. Educated at Phillips Exeter Academy and Bowdoin College, Hale went on to study law and was admitted to the bar in 1830. He became a successful jury lawyer in Dover, N.H., and was known for.

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  3. May 5, 2024 · Looking Back: John P. Hale is elected to the U.S. Senate and nearly becomes a presidential nominee. By Aurore Eaton Special to the Union Leader. May 5, 2024 Updated Aug 11, 2024. John P...

  4. Aug 18, 2021 · This statue of Senator John P. Hale is one of several on the grounds of the New Hampshire State House that honor famous New Hampshire residents. Although not as nationally-prominent as some of the others, such as Franklin Pierce and Daniel Webster, Hale was an important politician in the years immediately before and after the Civil War.

  5. New Hampshire Senator (Democrat, 1847-53, Republican, 1855-1865) John P. Hale was appointed Minister to Spain after losing re-election in 1864, serving until 1869. Hale fought persistently with Secretary of Navy Gideon Welles over naval affairs, which Senate committee he headed until his Senate defeat. Hale was a born critic and a natural pain ...

  6. The only biography of John P. Hale of New Hampshire, the first outspoken antislavery advocate elected to the U.S. Senate during the widespread realignment of political loyalties in the 1840’s, this book traces the rise of the movement and examines in detail Hale’s role as one of the early leaders of the political antislavery campaign in the ...

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  8. HALE, John Parker, a Representative and a Senator from New Hampshire; born in Rochester, Strafford County, N.H., March 31, 1806; received preparatory education at Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H.; graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, in 1827; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1830 and commenced practice in Dover, N.H ...

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