Hale

Hale, JOHN PARKER, an American statesman, was born at Rochester, New Hampshire, in 1806, and was United States attorney for his state in 1834-41. Returned to congress in 1842, as a Democrat, his name was afterwards removed from the party ticket because he refused to support the annexation of Texas. The struggle that followed ended in a victory for the anti-slavery party, and in 1847 Hale was elected to the United States senate, where he served for sixteen years. He was the Free-soil candidate for the presidency in 1852, but received under 5 per cent. of the total popular vote. He was minister to Spain from 1865 to 1869, and died 19th November 1873.