Robert S. Hale

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Robert S. Hale
Judge of New York Surrogate's Court
In office
1856–1864
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from New York
In office
December 3, 1865 – March 3, 1867
Preceded byOrange Ferriss
Succeeded byOrlando Kellogg
Constituency16th district
In office
March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875
Preceded byWilliam A. Wheeler
Succeeded byMartin I. Townsend
Constituency17th district
Chairman of the House Committee on the District of Columbia
In office
March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875
Personal details
Born(1822-09-24)September 24, 1822
Chelsea, Vermont, U.S.
DiedDecember 14, 1881(1881-12-14) (aged 59)
Elizabethtown, New York, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseLovina Sibley Stone
EducationUniversity of Vermont
ProfessionLawyer

Robert Safford Hale (September 24, 1822 – December 14, 1881) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in Chelsea, Vermont, Hale attended South Royalton (Vermont) Academy, and was graduated from the University of Vermont at Burlington in 1842. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Elizabethtown, New York, in 1847. He served as judge of Essex County 1856–1864.

He was elected a Regent of the University of the State of New York in 1859.

In the 1860 presidential election, he was a presidential elector for Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamiln.[1]

He served as special counsel of the United States charged with the defense of the "abandoned and captured property claims" 1868–1870 and as Agent and counsel for the United States before the American and British Mixed Commission under the Treaty of Washington 1871–1873.

Hale was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Orlando Kellogg and served from December 3, 1865, to March 3, 1867.

Hale was elected to the Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875). He served as chairman of the Committee on District of Columbia (Forty-third Congress).

He was not a candidate for reelection in 1874.

He was appointed a commissioner of the State survey April 29, 1876, in which capacity he was serving when he died in Elizabethtown, New York, on December 14, 1881. He was interred in Riverside Cemetery.

State Senator Matthew Hale (1829–1897) was his brother.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Proceedings of the New York Electoral College, Held at the Capitol in the City of Albany, December 4, 1860. Albany: Weed, Parsons & Company. 1861. p. 11.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 16th congressional district

1865–1867
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 17th congressional district

1873–1875
Succeeded by