Preceded by Samuel Steel Blair Political party Republican Name James Hale | Preceded by Allison White Role U.S. representative Succeeded by Joseph Bailey Party Republican Party | |
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Born October 14, 1810
Towanda, Pennsylvania ( 1810-10-14 ) Died April 6, 1865, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, United States | ||
Succeeded by Stephen Fowler Wilson | ||
James Tracy Hale (October 14, 1810 – April 6, 1865) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
James T. Hale was born in Towanda, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1832 and commenced practice in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. He was appointed president judge of the twentieth judicial district in 1851.
Hale was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses and as an Independent Republican to the Thirty-eighth Congress. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Claims during the Thirty-eighth Congress. He died in Bellefonte in 1865. Interment in City Cemetery.
References
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