Fletcher Hale
| Fletcher Hale | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire's 1st district |
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In office March 4, 1925 – October 22, 1931 |
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| Preceded by | William Nathaniel Rogers |
| Succeeded by | William Nathaniel Rogers |
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| Born |
January 22, 1883 Portland, Cumberland County Maine, USA |
| Died | October 22, 1931 (aged 48) Brooklyn Naval Hospital Brooklyn, Kings County New York, USA |
| Resting place | Union Cemetery Laconia, Belknap County New Hampshire, USA |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Alice Norma Armstrong Hale |
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Dartmouth College Harvard University |
| Occupation | Lawyer Politician |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
Fletcher Hale (January 22, 1883 – October 22, 1931) was an American politician and a United States Representative from New Hampshire.
Born in Portland, Maine, Hale attended the public schools there. He graduated from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire in 1905. He studied law at Harvard University and was admitted to the bar in 1908 . He began to practice in Littleton, then moved to Laconia in 1912 and continued the practice of his profession.
Hale served as city solicitor of Laconia in 1915 and as solicitor for Belknap County from 1915 to 1920. Hale was member of the board of education from 1916-1925 and was chairman 1918-1925. He was a delegate to the New Hampshire constitutional convention in 1918 and a member of the New Hampshire Tax Commission 1920-1925.
Elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth congress and reelected to the three succeeding Congresses; Hale served as United States Representative for the state of New Hampshire from March 4, 1925, until his death.
Hale died of pneumonia and cerebral embollism in the Brooklyn Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, on October 22, 1931. He is interred at Union Cemetery, Laconia, New Hampshire.
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