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'''Eugene Hale''' (June 9, 1836 – October 27, 1918) was a [[Maine]] [[Republican]] who served as the state's U.S. senator from 1881 to 1911. He succeeded [[Hannibal Hamlin]], who was previously the Vice President under [[Abraham Lincoln]]'s first term. Hale previously represented the state's 5th congressional district in the [[United States House of Representatives]], and was a state legislator prior to that.
Hale was the son-in-law of [[abolitionist]] and conservative [[Michigan]] U.S. senator [[Zachariah Chandler]], as well as the father of later Maine senator [[Frederick Hale]].
==Political career==
After being elected to the House of Representatives from the state's now-defunct fifth congressional district for five terms before being defeated in the 1878 midterms,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=173314 Candidate - Eugene Hale]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved August 10, 2021.</ref> Hale was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1880 and re-elected four times.
A crucial legislator in appropriation bills, Hale was a member of the committees on such as well as naval matters.<ref>[http://www.onlinebiographies.info/me/rmm/hale-eugene.htm Bio of Eugene Hale - United States Senator]. ''onlinebiographies.info''. Retrieved August 10, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://maineanencyclopedia.com/hale-eugene/ Hale, Eugene]. ''Maine: An Encyclopedia''. Retrieved August 10, 2021.</ref> He was also one of only three [[Republican]] senators in 1899 to vote against the [[Treaty of Paris]] in opposition to [[imperialism]].<ref>FascinatingPolitics (February 17, 2021). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2021/02/17/george-frisbie-hoar-an-honorable-senator/ George Frisbie Hoar: An Honorable Senator]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 10, 2021.</ref>
==References==
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Hale was the son-in-law of [[abolitionist]] and conservative [[Michigan]] U.S. senator [[Zachariah Chandler]], as well as the father of later Maine senator [[Frederick Hale]].
==Political career==
After being elected to the House of Representatives from the state's now-defunct fifth congressional district for five terms before being defeated in the 1878 midterms,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=173314 Candidate - Eugene Hale]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved August 10, 2021.</ref> Hale was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1880 and re-elected four times.
A crucial legislator in appropriation bills, Hale was a member of the committees on such as well as naval matters.<ref>[http://www.onlinebiographies.info/me/rmm/hale-eugene.htm Bio of Eugene Hale - United States Senator]. ''onlinebiographies.info''. Retrieved August 10, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://maineanencyclopedia.com/hale-eugene/ Hale, Eugene]. ''Maine: An Encyclopedia''. Retrieved August 10, 2021.</ref> He was also one of only three [[Republican]] senators in 1899 to vote against the [[Treaty of Paris]] in opposition to [[imperialism]].<ref>FascinatingPolitics (February 17, 2021). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2021/02/17/george-frisbie-hoar-an-honorable-senator/ George Frisbie Hoar: An Honorable Senator]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 10, 2021.</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hale, Eugene}}
[[Category:Maine]]
[[Category:Former United States Representatives]]
[[Category:Former United States Senators]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Non-Interventionism]]