2008-09
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Congressional imprint “REPORT. The Committe on the Judiciary, to whom was referred a resolution instructing said committee ‘to inquire whether John P. Hale, a member of this body, in connexion with the case of one Hunt, charged with crime by direction of the War Department, has been guilty of any conduct inconsistent with his duty as a senator...” 2p. octavo, February 1, 1864, with cover free franked by Seantor John P. Hale, addressed to Amos J. Blake of New Hampshire. The report pertains to whether or not, Senator Hale acted improperly by accpeting money and securing the release of John M. Hunt from Old Capital Prison. HALE, John Parker (1806-1873) graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, in 1827; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1830 and commenced practice in Dover, N.H.; member, State house of representatives 1832; appointed by President Andrew Jackson as United States attorney in 1834, and was removed by President John Tyler in 1841; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1845); refused to vote for the annexation of Texas, although instructed to do so by the State legislature, which then revoked his renomination; elected as a Free Soil candidate to the United States Senate in 1846 and served from March 4, 1847, to March 3, 1853; unsuccessful candidate for President of the United States on the Free Soil ticket in 1852; again elected to the Senate in 1855 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles G. Atherton; reelected in 1859 and served from July 30, 1855, to March 3, 1865; chairman, Committee on Naval Affairs (Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth Congresses), Committee on the District of Columbia (Thirty-eighth Congress); appointed Minister to Spain 1865-1869;
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