John Blackwell Hale

John Blackwell Hale (born February 27, 1831 in Brooke County , Virginia , †  February 1, 1905 in Carrollton , Missouri ) was an American politician . Between 1885 and 1887 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Hale was born in what is now Hancock County , West Virginia . He attended the public schools in his home country and began to work in this profession after completing a law degree and being admitted to the bar in Brunswick (Missouri) in 1849 . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1856 and 1858 he was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives . In the presidential election of 1860 he was elector for Stephen A. Douglas . During the Civil War , Hale was a colonel in a Missouri State militia unit that fought on the Union side. In the years 1864 and 1868 he took part as a delegate at the respective Democratic National Conventions ; In 1875 he was a delegate to a meeting to revise the Missouri constitution.

In the congressional election of 1884 , Hale was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of Missouri , where he succeeded Armstead M. Alexander on March 4, 1885 . Since he was not nominated for re-election by his party in 1886 and an independent candidacy failed, he was only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1887 . After leaving the US House of Representatives, John Hale withdrew from politics. In the following years he practiced as a lawyer again. He died on February 1, 1905 in Carrollton, where he was also buried.

Web links

• John Blackwell Hale in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John Blackwell Hale in the database of Find a Grave (English)