Hale, Salma, 1787-1866

Dates

• Existence: 1787 - 1866

Biography

Salma Hale (March 7, 1787 - November 19, 1866) was an American politician, author, editor, and a United States Representative from New Hampshire. Hale was born in Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. He became apprentice as a printer at the age of thirteen and in 1805 edited the Walpole Political Observatory. He was a student of law with Roger Vose, Samuel Dinsmoor, and Phineas Handerson. Hale was appointed clerk of the court of common pleas of Cheshire County. He moved to Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire in 1813. In 1814, he served as the secretary to the commission appointed under the Treaty of Ghent for determining the northeastern boundary line of the United States. Elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fifteenth Congress Hale served as United States Representative for the state of New Hampshire from (March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1818.After leaving Congress, he was clerk of the New Hampshire Supreme Court 1817-1834. He was admitted to the bar in October 1834. He was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1823, 1828, and again in 1844. He also served in the New Hampshire Senate in 1824, 1825, and again in 1845 and 1846.