Charles Hale | |
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 Portrait of Charles Hale, c. 1861 | |
| 8th United States Assistant Secretary of State | |
| In office February 19, 1872 – January 24, 1873 | |
| President | Ulysses S. Grant |
| Preceded by | Bancroft Davis |
| Succeeded by | Bancroft Davis |
| United States Consul-General to Egypt | |
| In office c. October 15, 1864 – May 23, 1870 | |
| President | Abraham Lincoln Andrew Johnson Ulysses S. Grant |
| Preceded by | William Sydney Thayer |
| Succeeded by | George Harris Butler |
| Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives | |
| In office 1859–1859 | |
| Preceded by | Julius Rockwell |
| Succeeded by | John A. Goodwin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 7, 1831 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Died | March 1, 1882 (aged 50) Boston, Massachusetts |
| Resting place | Mount Auburn Cemetery |
| Parent(s) | Nathan Hale Sarah Preston Everett |
| Relatives | Edward Everett Hale (brother) Lucretia Peabody Hale (sister) Susan Hale (sister) Edward Everett (maternal uncle) Nathan Hale (granduncle) |
| Alma mater | Harvard College |
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Charles Hale (1831–1882) of Boston was an American legislator and diplomat. Intermittently from 1855 to 1877, he served in the Massachusetts state House and Senate. He was Speaker of the House in 1859. In the 1860s he lived in Cairo, Egypt, as the American consul-general. From 1872 to 1873 he worked as United States Assistant Secretary of State under Hamilton Fish.[1]
- ^ "Hon. Charles Hale, the New Assistant Secretary of State". The New York Times. January 12, 1872. p. 5. Retrieved April 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.