Fletcher Hale

Fletcher Hale (born January 22, 1883 in Portland , Maine , † October 22, 1931 in New York City ) was an American politician . Between 1925 and 1931 he represented the state of New Hampshire in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Fletcher Hale attended the public schools of his home country and then studied until 1905 at Dartmouth College in Hanover . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1908, he began to work in Littleton (New Hampshire) in his new profession. In 1912 he moved his residence and his office to Laconia . In 1915 he was the city's legal representative. Between 1915 and 1920, Hale served as the district attorney in Belknap County .

Hale was a member of the Republican Party . Between 1916 and 1925 he sat on the education committee of his state, since 1918 he was its chairman. In 1918 he was a delegate to a meeting to revise the New Hampshire constitution. He was also a member of the tax commission of his state from 1920 to 1925. In 1924, Hale was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the First District of New Hampshire . There he took over on March 4, 1925, succeeding Democrat William Nathaniel Rogers , whom he had defeated in the election. After he was confirmed in his mandate in the following elections, Hale could remain in Congress until his death on October 22, 1931 in the New York borough of Brooklyn . In the by-election that became necessary after his death, his predecessor, William Rogers, won, who also succeeded Hale.

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SURNAME	Hale, Fletcher
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	January 22, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH	Portland , Maine
DATE OF DEATH	October 22, 1931
Place of death	New York City