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Chandler Hale

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, United States
Death: May 23, 1951 (78)
Washington, District of Columbia, DC, United States
Place of Burial: Ellsworth, Hancock, Maine, United States of America
Immediate Family:

Son of Eugene Hale, U.S. Senator and Mary Douglas Hale
Husband of Rachel Burnside Hale
Father of Donald Cameron Hale, PFC; Mary C. Chase; Eugene H. Hale and Chandler Hale, Jr.
Brother of Frederick Hale, U.S. Senator and Eugene Hale

Occupation: United States Diplomat, Third Assistant Secretary of State 1909-1913
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About Chandler Hale

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandler_Hale

Chandler Hale (1873-1951) was a United States diplomat who served as Third Assistant Secretary of State from 1909 to 1913.

Biography

Chandler Hale was born in 1873, the son of Eugene Hale (who would serve as United States Senator from Maine from 1881 to 1911 as a Republican) and his wife, the former Mary Douglas Chandler, daughter of Zachariah Chandler. Chandler Hale's younger brother, Frederick Hale, was born in 1874.

In 1892, Hale was secretary to the U.S. delegation at the International Monetary Conference in Brussels. Hale spent December 1894 through April 1895 touring Mexico and the Caribbean with Henry Adams.

Shortly after graduating from college, in 1897, Hale became a Secretary at the United States Embassy in Rome. From 1901 to 1902, he was secretary of legation at the U.S. Embassy in Vienna, and then secretary of the embassy from 1902 to 1905. In 1907, he served as secretary to the U.S. delegation to the Second Hague Conference.

In 1909, President of the United States William Howard Taft named Hale Third Assistant Secretary of State, with Hale holding this office from October 14, 1909 until April 21, 1913.

Hale returned to the diplomatic field in 1914, serving in the United States Embassy in London as the official responsible for Austrian affairs.

In 1929, Hale's wife, Rachel Cameron Hale, purchased Poplar Hill, an estate near Clinton, Maryland, which she renamed His Lordship's Kindness.

Hale died in a hospital in Washington, D.C. on May 23, 1951.

  • Reference: Famous People Throughout History - SmartCopy: Jul 7 2020, 16:52:26 UTC
  • Military service: Between 1917 and 1918 - District of Columbia no 3, District of Columbia, United States
  • Residence: 1880 - Ellsworth, Hancock, Maine, United States
  • Residence: 1920 - Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
  • Residence: 1930 - Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
  • Residence: 1935 - Same House
  • Residence: 1940 - Tract 52, District of Columbia, Police Precinct 3, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, United States
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Chandler Hale's Timeline

1873
March 2, 1873
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, United States
1898
July 17, 1898
Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine, United States
1902
January 2, 1902
Vienna, Austria
1904
July 4, 1904
Vienna, Vienna, Austria
1906
1906
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
1951
May 23, 1951
Age 78
Washington, District of Columbia, DC, United States
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Ellsworth, Hancock, Maine, United States of America