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'''Robert S.'''<ref>[https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hale.html#974.52.65 Hale]. ''The Political Graveyard''. Retrieved September 21, 2021.</ref> '''Hale''' (November 29, 1889 – November 30, 1976) was a [[conservative]] [[Republican]] from [[Maine]] who served as a state representative and U.S. representative from the 1920s to the 1950s. A self-described [[reactionary]] and advocate of [[civil rights]],<ref>[https://library.bowdoin.edu/arch/mss/rhg.shtml Guide to the Robert Hale Papers, 1876 - 1976, undated]. ''Bowdoin''. Retrieved September 21, 2021.</ref> Hale was particularly known in the 1920s for his opposition to the state [[Ku Klux Klan]].
He was the cousin of Maine U.S. senator [[Frederick Hale]], who shared many political viewpoints.
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==External links==
*[https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/H000036 Profile] at the ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
*[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21136/robert-hale Profile] at ''Find a Grave
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