Difference between revisions of "Frederick Hale"
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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> | ||
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| Frederick Hale | |||
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| Former U.S. Senator from Maine From: March 4, 1917 – January 3, 1941 | |||
| Predecessor | Charles Johnson | ||
| Successor | Ralph Owen Brewster | ||
| Former State Representative from Maine From: 1905–1906 | |||
| Predecessor | ??? | ||
| Successor | ??? | ||
| Information | |||
| Party | Republican | ||
| Religion | Congregationalist[1] | ||
Frederick Hale (October 7, 1874 – September 28, 1963) was a Maine Republican who was as the state's U.S. senator from the late 1910s to the early 1940s, previously for a term in the lower state legislature. He came from a political dynasty, as both his father Eugene Hale and maternal grandfather Zachariah Chandler were also senators.[2]
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Hale was narrowly elected to the Senate in the 1916 elections,[3] and handily won re-election in 1922[4] and 1928.[5] In the latter race, he faced the KKK-backed governor Ralph Owen Brewster in the primary, though was easily nominated by a landslide.[6]
During his early career, Hale opposed[7] and voted against[8] the Sedition Act of 1918. He also opposed the League of Nations.[9]
A fierce opponent of the liberal agenda during the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Hale resisted New Deal programs[9] at an even greater frequency than his Maine senatorial colleague Wallace H. White,[10] such as his vote against the National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act).[11] 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.[12]
Hale faced a strong challenge in the 1934 Midterm Elections; even though Maine was a strongly Republican state during the era, the Great Depression and resulting heavy backlash against the GOP proved to be formidable. He was only re-elected over Democrat opponent F. Harold Dubord by a margin of 0.43 percentage points.[13]
Hale retired from the Senate in 1940 and was succeeded by Brewster. He missed 10% of all roll call votes during his tenure.[14]
References
- ↑ Index to Politicians: Hale. The Political Graveyard. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
- ↑ Hale, Frederick, 1874-1963. Social Networks and Archival Context. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
- ↑ ME U.S. Senate Race - Sep 11, 1916. Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
- ↑ ME US Senate Race - Sep 11, 1922. Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
- ↑ ME US Senate Race - Sep 10, 1928. Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
- ↑ ME US Senate - R Primary Race - Jan 18, 1928. Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
- ↑ FascinatingPolitics (April 14, 2018). The Sedition Act: Opposed by Republicans!. Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 September 29, 1963. 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.
- ↑ FascinatingPolitics (September 23, 2018). 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.
- ↑ TO PASS S. 1958, A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR SETTLEMENT OF LABOR DISPUTES.. GovTrack.us. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
- ↑ TO CONFIRM THE NOMINATION OF HUGO BLACK TO BE ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT.. GovTrack.us. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
- ↑ ME US Senate Race - Sep 10, 1934. Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
- ↑ Sen. Frederick Hale. GovTrack.us. Retrieved August 2, 2021.