Background
Hale, Edward Russell was born on May 25, 1884 in Portland, Maine, United States. Son of Henry W. and Annie E. (Russell) Hale.
Hale, Edward Russell was born on May 25, 1884 in Portland, Maine, United States. Son of Henry W. and Annie E. (Russell) Hale.
Bachelor of Arts, Bowdoin College, 1906. Student Harvard Law School, 1908-1910.
1 d., Anna M. (Mistress E. Francis Bowditch). Married second, Betty King, August 31, 1958. Admitted to Massachusetts bar, 1910, Maine bar, 1922, N.H. bar, 1941, to practice before Supreme Court of the United States Court, 1935.
Member Hale & Sanderson, Boston, 1926-1928, Hale, Sanderson, Brynes & Morton 1928-1958. Marvin, Peyser, Hale & Sanderson, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, since 1958. Chief counsel in the Hoosac Mills case (United States versus Butler) resulting in invalidation of processing taxes and unconstitutionality of Agricultural Adjustment Act, argued before Supreme Court of the United States Court, December 1935-January 1936.
Chairman Haverhill Republican City Committee, 1914-1919. Delegate Republican National Convention, 1916, Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1917-1918. Special justice Central-District Court, Essex, Massachusetts, 1924.
Chief assistant United States District Attorney, Massachusetts, 1925-1926. Member Republican State Committee, 1926-1928. Special counsel Massachusetts Bank Commissioners, 1931-1933.
Former vice president trustees Bradford Junior College.
Member Hale & Sanderson, Boston, 1926-1928, Hale, Sanderson, Brynes & Morton 1928-1958. Member Republican State Committee, 1926-1928. Member N.H., Massachusetts and Essex company bar associations.
Clubs: Union, Curtis, Odd Volumes (Boston).
Married Ethel M. Mitchell, May 25, 1911.; married second, Betty King, August 31, 1958.