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Hale was narrowly elected to the Senate in the 1916 elections,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=267955 ME U.S. Senate Race - Sep 11, 1916]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved August 2, 2021.</ref> and handily won re-election in 1922<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=30559 ME US Senate Race - Sep 11, 1922]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved August 2, 2021.</ref> and 1928.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=30557 ME US Senate Race - Sep 10, 1928]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved August 2, 2021.</ref> In the latter race, he faced the [[KKK]]-backed governor Ralph Owen Brewster in the primary, though was easily nominated by a landslide.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=713281 ME US Senate - R Primary Race - Jan 18, 1928]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved August 2, 2021.</ref>

Hale was narrowly elected to the Senate in the 1916 elections,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=267955 ME U.S. Senate Race - Sep 11, 1916]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved August 2, 2021.</ref> and handily won re-election in 1922<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=30559 ME US Senate Race - Sep 11, 1922]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved August 2, 2021.</ref> and 1928.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=30557 ME US Senate Race - Sep 10, 1928]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved August 2, 2021.</ref> In the latter race, he faced the [[KKK]]-backed governor Ralph Owen Brewster in the primary, though was easily nominated by a landslide.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=713281 ME US Senate - R Primary Race - Jan 18, 1928]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved August 2, 2021.</ref>

During his early career, Hale opposed<ref>FascinatingPolitics (April 14, 2018). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2018/04/14/the-sedition-act-opposed-by-republicans/ The Sedition Act: Opposed by Republicans!]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 2, 2021.</ref> and voted against<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/65-2/s247 TO AGREE TO H.R. 8753 (STAT-40-L-553, 5/16/18), A BILL AMENDING AN ACT PUNISHING ACTS O F INTERFERENCE WITH FOREIGN RELATIONS, NEUTRALITY, FOREIGN COMMERCE AND ESPIONAGE, AND TO BETTER ENFORCE CRIMINAL LAWS. (P. 6057-1).]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 2, 2021.</ref> the [[Sedition Act of 1918]]. He also opposed the [[League of Nations]].<ref name=nytimes>September 29, 1963. [https://www.nytimes.com/1963/09/29/archives/frederick-hale-is-dead-at-88-senator-from-maine-191641-was.html Frederick Hale Is Dead at 88; Senator From Maine, 1916-41; Was Top-Ranking Republican --Favored Big Navy, Fought League and New Deal Signed Lodge Resolution Opposed Roosevelt Harvard '96 Graduate]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved August 2, 2021.</ref>

Hale opposed<ref>FascinatingPolitics (April 14, 2018). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2018/04/14/the-sedition-act-opposed-by-republicans/ The Sedition Act: Opposed by Republicans!]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 2, 2021.</ref> and voted against<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/65-2/s247 TO AGREE TO H.R. 8753 (STAT-40-L-553, 5/16/18), A BILL AMENDING AN ACT PUNISHING ACTS O F INTERFERENCE WITH FOREIGN RELATIONS, NEUTRALITY, FOREIGN COMMERCE AND ESPIONAGE, AND TO BETTER ENFORCE CRIMINAL LAWS. (P. 6057-1).]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 2, 2021.</ref> the [[Sedition Act of 1918]]. He also opposed the [[League of Nations]].<ref name=nytimes>September 29, 1963. [https://www.nytimes.com/1963/09/29/archives/frederick-hale-is-dead-at-88-senator-from-maine-191641-was.html Frederick Hale Is Dead at 88; Senator From Maine, 1916-41; Was Top-Ranking Republican --Favored Big Navy, Fought League and New Deal Signed Lodge Resolution Opposed Roosevelt Harvard '96 Graduate]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved August 2, 2021.</ref>

A fierce opponent of the [[liberal]] agenda during the presidency of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], Hale resisted [[New Deal]] programs<ref name=nytimes/> at an even greater frequency than his Maine senatorial colleague [[Wallace H. White]],<ref>FascinatingPolitics (September 23, 2018). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2018/09/23/how-the-northeast-became-democratic-part-iv-maine-sort-of/ How the Northeast Became Democratic, Part IV: Maine (Sort of)]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 2, 2021.</ref> such as his vote against the National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act).<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/74-1/s66 TO PASS S. 1958, A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR SETTLEMENT OF LABOR DISPUTES.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 2, 2021.</ref> Along with White in 1937, he was one of sixteen senators to vote against the confirmation of [[Klansman]] [[Hugo Black]] to the [[United States Supreme Court]].<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/75-1/s71 TO CONFIRM THE NOMINATION OF HUGO BLACK TO BE ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 2, 2021.</ref>

A fierce opponent of the [[liberal]] agenda during the presidency of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], Hale resisted [[New Deal]] programs<ref name=nytimes/> at an even greater frequency than his Maine senatorial colleague [[Wallace H. White]],<ref>FascinatingPolitics (September 23, 2018). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2018/09/23/how-the-northeast-became-democratic-part-iv-maine-sort-of/ How the Northeast Became Democratic, Part IV: Maine (Sort of)]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 2, 2021.</ref> such as his vote against the National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act).<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/74-1/s66 TO PASS S. 1958, A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR SETTLEMENT OF LABOR DISPUTES.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 2, 2021.</ref> Along with White in 1937, he was one of sixteen senators to vote against the confirmation of [[Klansman]] [[Hugo Black]] to the [[United States Supreme Court]].<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/75-1/s71 TO CONFIRM THE NOMINATION OF HUGO BLACK TO BE ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved August 2, 2021.</ref>