John P. Hale First Anti-slavery U.S. Senator
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member silverquill
N 43° 12.439 W 071° 32.250
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John P. Hale is considered to be the first U.S. Senator to have an openly ant-slave, abolitionist platform, and sponosred a successful bill abolishing flogging in the Navy. This statue stands on the grounds of the New Hampshire State Capitol.
Waymark Code: WM1NVK
Location: New Hampshire, United States
Date Posted: 06/11/2007
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member PTCrazy
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JOHN PARKER HALE

(born March 31, 1806, Rochester, N.H., U.S. — died Nov. 19, 1873, Dover, N.H.) U.S. politician and reformer. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1843 – 45), where he achieved prominence as an opponent of slavery. In the U.S. Senate (1847 – 53, 1855 – 65), he sponsored a bill abolishing flogging in the navy. In 1852 he was the unsuccessful presidential candidate of the Free Soil Party. He returned to the Senate as a Republican and became a leader of that party. He later served as U.S. minister to Spain (1865 – 69).

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