Fletcher Hale

Fletcher Hale (January 22, 1883 – October 22, 1931) was an American politician and a United States representative from New Hampshire.

Early life Born in Portland, Maine, on January 22, 1883, Hale was the son of Frederick Fletcher Hale and Adelaide L. (MacLellan) Hale. His family moved to Boston, where Hale was educated in the public schools and graduated from The English High School in 1901. and was admitted to the bar in 1908. He served as congressman from the state of New Hampshire from March 4, 1925, until his death. He was removed from the ship when it arrived on October 22, 1931, and taken to the Brooklyn Naval Hospital.

Family He married Alice N. Armstrong on March 29, 1913. They were the parents of two sons, Fletcher (1915–1998), a captain in the U.S. Navy, and Robert Armstrong (1918–1945), a captain and B-26 Marauder pilot in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II who died after his plane was shot down near Frankfurt.