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James T. Hale

James T. Hale
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 18th district
In office
March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865
Preceded by Samuel Steel Blair
Succeeded by Stephen Fowler Wilson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 15th district
In office
March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863
Preceded by Allison White
Succeeded by Joseph Bailey
Personal details
Born (1810-10-14)October 14, 1810
Towanda, Pennsylvania
Died April 6, 1865(1865-04-06) (aged 54)
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania
Political party Republican

James Tracy Hale (October 14, 1810 – April 6, 1865) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

James T. Hale was born in Towanda, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1832 and commenced practice in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. He was appointed president judge of the twentieth judicial district in 1851.

Hale was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses and as an Independent Republican to the Thirty-eighth Congress. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Claims during the Thirty-eighth Congress. He died in Bellefonte in 1865. Interment in City Cemetery.



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