Charles Hale

Charles Hale
Portrait of Charles Hale, c. 1861
8th United States Assistant Secretary of State
In office
February 19, 1872 – January 24, 1873
PresidentUlysses S. Grant
Preceded byBancroft Davis
Succeeded byBancroft Davis
United States Consul-General to Egypt
In office
c. October 15, 1864 – May 23, 1870
PresidentAbraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
Preceded byWilliam Sydney Thayer
Succeeded byGeorge Harris Butler
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1859–1859
Preceded byJulius Rockwell
Succeeded byJohn A. Goodwin
Personal details
Born(1831-06-07)June 7, 1831
Boston, Massachusetts
DiedMarch 1, 1882(1882-03-01) (aged 50)
Boston, Massachusetts
Resting placeMount Auburn Cemetery
Parent(s)Nathan Hale
Sarah Preston Everett
RelativesEdward Everett Hale (brother)
Lucretia Peabody Hale (sister)
Susan Hale (sister)
Edward Everett (maternal uncle)
Nathan Hale (granduncle)
Alma materHarvard 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]

  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.