Eugene Hale

Eugene Hale ( born June 6 1836 in Turner, Androscoggin County, Maine, † October 27, 1918 in Washington DC ) was an American politician ( Republican), who represented the state of Maine in both chambers of Congress.

Life

Eugene Hale received his education in his native town and in the Hebron Academy. After completing his law studies in Portland, he was admitted to the bar and practiced first in Ellsworth before he acted as prosecutor of the Hancock County 1858-1866. During his later political career, he earned his doctorate in 1882 as a Doctor of Law at Bates College.

Policy

His first political mandate Hale took over as Member of the House of Representatives from Maine 1867-1868 Subsequently, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he remained 1869-1879. ; In 1878, he missed the re-election.

In 1881 he returned to Congress, when he was elected in the Senate as successor to the former Vice President Hannibal Hamlin. After four re-election, he belonged to the house of Parliament until March 3, 1911 during this time he was chairman of numerous Senate committees. Between 1908 and 1911 he also held the post of Republican Conference Chairman and was in fact leader of the Republicans.

Already in the days of President Ulysses S. Grant, he had rejected an appeal in his cabinet; Grants successor also Rutherford B. Hayes, who wanted to nominate Hale as Secretary of the Navy, received a negative response. Nevertheless, special attention was always his political work of the U.S. Navy. This was also the reason that the Navy later two ships named USS Hale as.

Eugene Hale, whose son Frederick was also a U.S. Senator for Maine 1917-1941, died 1918 in Washington.