OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
John Parker Hale

BORN:
March 31, 1806
Rochester, New Hampshire

DIED:
March 31, 1806
Rochester, New Hampshire

EDUCATION:
Phillips Exeter Academy
Bowdoin College (BA), 1827

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democratic (Before 1847)
Liberty (1847–1848)
Free Soil (1848–1854)
Opposition (1854–1855)
Republican (1855–1873)

HIGHLIGHTS:

1830:
Admitted to the Bar,
Began Practicing Law in Dover, New Hampshire 
1832:
Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
1834-1841:
U.S. Attorney in New Hampshire 
1843-1845:
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives (D-NH)
1847-1853:
U.S. Senator (Free Soil-NH)
1852:
Unsuccessful Free Soil Candidate for President 
1855-1865:
U.S. Senator from New Hampshire
1859-1861:
Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference 
1865-1869:
U.S. Minister to Spain

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
U.S. House of Representatives
Wikipedia