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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.

'''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]].

Hale was the son-in-law of [[abolitionist]] and [[Michigan]] U.S. senator [[Zachariah Chandler]], as well as the father of later Maine senator [[Frederick Hale]]. Both were staunch [[conservatives]], with Chandler aligning with the pro-business, economically nationalist wing of the GOP in his era and the younger Hale staunchly opposing the [[New Deal]] during the 1930s.

==Political career==

==Political career==