Nathan W. Hale

Nathan Wesley Hale
Hale, photographed by Harris & Ewing
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 2nd district
In office March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1909
Preceded by	Henry R. Gibson
Succeeded by	Richard W. Austin
Member of the Tennessee Senate
In office 1893-1895
Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives
In office 1891-1893
Personal details
Born	February 11, 1860 (1860-02-11) Scott County, Virginia, US
Died	September 16, 1941 (1941-09-17) (aged 81) Alhambra, California, US
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Laura Adelaide (Sebastian) Hale
Children	5
Profession	Nurseryman, entrepreneur

Nathan Wesley Hale (February 11, 1860 – September 16, 1941) was an American lawyer, businessman, and politician and a two-term member of the United States House of Representatives for the 2nd congressional district of Tennessee from 1905 to 1909.

Biography

Born on February 11, 1860, near Gate City, Virginia, in Scott County, Hale was the son of Drayton Smithton and Ruth C. Frazier Hale. He attended the common schools of Nicholasville, Virginia and Kingsley Academy near Kingsport, Tennessee.

Career

Hale taught school at Hale's Mill, Virginia in 1876. He moved to Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1878 and engaged in the nursery business as well as the wholesale dry goods business, banking, and farming. He married Laura Adelaide Sebastian in 1890, and they had five children. He served as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1891 to 1893. He was a member of the Tennessee Senate from 1893 to 1895. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination in 1902 as a Representative to the Fifty-eighth Congress.

Congress

Elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth Congresses, Hale served from March 4, 1905, to March 3, 1909. He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1908 to the Sixty-first Congress.

Hale was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1908 and a member of the Republican National Committee from 1908 to 1912.

Later career and death

In 1909, he moved to Los Angeles, California, and engaged in the oil and real estate business until his death.

Death

On September 16, 1941, Hale died in Alhambra, California, at age 81 years, 217 days. He is interred at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, California. Hale Road in Knoxville is named after him.

External links

• United States Congress. "Nathan W. Hale (id: H000035)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Nathan W. Hale at Find a Grave