1865 Frauds and Corruption in the Navy Department. John P. Hale Speech

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1865 Frauds and Corruption in the Navy Department
. John P. Hale Speech
Up for auction is an 1865 speech on the Frauds and Corruption in the Navy Department. The speech was delivered by John P. Hale, of New Hampshire, in the Senate of the United States, January 28 and 31, and February 1 and 17, 1865. Hale was the chairman of the Naval Appropriations Committee. [n.
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John Parker Hale Biography
(1806-1873) New Hampshire; born in Rochester, Strafford County; preparatory education at Phillips Exeter Academy; in 1830 practiced law in Dover, N.H.; member, State house of representatives 1832; appointed by President Jackson as U.S. attorney in 1834, and was removed by President Tyler in 1841; elected as Democrat to U.S. Congress (1843-1845); refused to vote for annexation of Texas, although instructed to do so by State legislature, which revoked his re-nomination; elected as Free Soil candidate to Senate (1847-1853); lost race for President on Free Soil ticket in 1852; reelected to Senate in 1855 and served to 1865; chairman, Committee on Naval Affairs (Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth Congresses), appointed Minister to Spain 1865-1869.
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