Hale, John Parker
lawyer, congressman, United States senator, was born March 31, 1806, in Rochester, N. H. In 1832 he was elected to the state legislature; in 1834 was appointed district attorney for New Hampshire, and reappointed by President Van Buren. In 1843 he was elected a representative in congress; and in 1846 was again elected to the state legislature, and chosen speaker. In 1847 he was elected a senator in congress, and after serving until 1853 was again elected to the United States senate in 1855; and in 1859 was re-elected for the term ending in 1865. In 1852 he was the free-soil candidate for vice-president of the United States. In 1865 he was appointed minister to Spain. He died Nov. 18, 1873, in Dover, N. H.