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| − | + | Hale was an opponent of the [[liberal]] agenda during the presidency of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], opposing [[New Deal]] programs 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> Along with White in 1937, 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> | |
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 02:10, August 3, 2021
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.
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Hale was an opponent of the liberal agenda during the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, opposing New Deal programs at an even greater frequency than his Maine senatorial colleague Wallace H. White.[1] Along with White in 1937, was one of sixteen senators to vote against the confirmation of Klansman Hugo Black to the United States Supreme Court.[2]
References
- ↑ 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 CONFIRM THE NOMINATION OF HUGO BLACK TO BE ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT.. GovTrack.us. Retrieved August 2, 2021.