Eugene Pryor Hale (6 June 1836–27 October 1918) was a RepublicanUnited States Senator from Maine. June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining. ... Charles Darwin 1836 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 65 days remaining. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... Official language(s) None Capital Augusta Largest city Portland Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 39th 86,542 km² 305 km 515 km 13. ...

Eugene Hale

Born at Turner, Maine, he was educated in local schools and at Maine's Hebron Academy. He was admitted to the bar in 1857 and served for nine years as prosecuting attorney for Hancock County, Maine. He was elected to the Maine Legislature 1867–68, to the U.S. House of Representatives 1869–79, serving in the 41st and four succeeding Congresses. He was unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1878 to the 46th Congress. Turner is a town located in Androscoggin County, Maine. ... Official language(s) None Capital Augusta Largest city Portland Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 39th 86,542 km² 305 km 515 km 13. ... Hebron Academy is a private, co-ed, college preparatory boarding school located in the small town of Hebron, Maine. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Hancock County is a county located in the state of Maine. ... The Maine Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maine. ... 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... The chamber of the United States House of Representatives is located in the south wing of the Capitol building, in Washington, D.C.. This photograph shows a rare glimpse of the four vote tallying boards (the blackish squares across the top), which display each members name and vote as... 1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Dates of Sessions 1869-1871 The first session of this Congress took place in Washington, DC from March 4, 1869 to April 10, 1869. ... Forty-sixth United States Congress (1879-1881) // Dates of Sessions 1879-1881 The first session of this Congress took place in Washington, DC from March 18, 1879 to July 1, 1879. ...

He was elected to succeed Hannibal Hamlin in the U.S. Senate in 1881; reelected in 1887, 1893, 1899 and 1905 and served from March 4, 1881, to March 3, 1911. During his time in the Senate he served several committees, chairing, during various Congreses, the U.S. Senate Committee on the Census, the U.S. Senate Committee on Private Land Claims, the U.S. Senate Committee on Printing, the U.S. Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations and the U.S. Senate Committee on Public Expenditures. He was Republican Conference Chairman from 1908 to 1911. Photographic portrait of Hannibal Hamlin Hannibal Hamlin (August 27, 1809 – July 4, 1891) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Maine. ... Seal of the Senate The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ... 1881 (MDCCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... 1881 (MDCCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... The United States Senate Select Committee on the Tenth Census was created in 1878. ... U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations is a standing committee of the United States Senate. ...

Although he declined the post of United States Secretary of the Navy in the Rutherford B. Hayes administration (and had previously declined a Cabinet appointment under Ulysses S. Grant), Senator Hale performed constructive work of the greatest importance in the area of naval appropriations, especially during the early fights for the "new Navy." "I hope", he said in 1884, "that I shall not live many years before I shall see the American Navy what it ought to be, the pet of the American people." Much later in his career, he opposed the building of large numbers of capital ships, which he regarded as less effective in proportion to cost and subject to rapid obsolescence. Flag of the United States Secretary of the Navy. ... Rutherford Birchard Hayes (October 4, 1822–January 17, 1893) was an American politician, lawyer, and military leader from the U.S. state of Ohio. ... Cabinet meeting on May 16, 2001. ... Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant, April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877). ... 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The capital ships of a navy are its important warships; the ones with the heaviest firepower and armor. ...

He was served as a member of the National Monetary Commission. Hale received an LL.D. from Bates College in 1882. National Monetary Commission was a study group created by the Aldrich Vreeland Act of 1908. ... Bates College is a private liberal arts college, founded in 1855, located in Lewiston, Maine, in the United States. ...

Senator Hale retired from politics in 1911 and spent the remainder of his life in Ellsworth, Maine, and in Washington, D.C., where he died. He is buried at in Woodbine Cemetery, Ellsworth, Maine. Ellsworth is a city located in Hancock County, Maine. ... Nickname: the District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Official website: http://www. ... Ellsworth is a city located in Hancock County, Maine. ...

Two ships were named USS Hale for him. He was the father of Frederick Hale, also a U.S. Senator from Maine. Frederick Hale (1874–1963) was Republican U.S. Senator from Maine. ...

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• This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
• This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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External links

• history.navy.mil: Biography of Eugene Hale