Background
Murchie, Harold Hale was born on March 8, 1888 in Calais, Maine, United States. Son of George A. and Cora H. (Harmon) Murchie.
Murchie, Harold Hale was born on March 8, 1888 in Calais, Maine, United States. Son of George A. and Cora H. (Harmon) Murchie.
Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth, 1909, Doctor of Laws, 1950. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1912. Doctor of Laws, Boston University, 1942, Bowdoin College, 1949.
Admitted to Maine bar, 1912, practiced at Augusta, 1912-1914, Calais, 1914-1933, Calais and Bangor, 1933-1940. Judge Maine Supreme Judicial Court, 1940-1949, chief justice, 1949-1953. Director Maine Central Railroad Company, Bangor Hydro-Electric Company.
Member Maine House of Republican, 1919-1921, Maine State Senate, 1929, 31 and 33, president 1933. Member American Bar Association, Maine State Bar Association (president 1939 and 1940), Phi Gamma Delta. Mason (33°, Grand Master, Masonic Grand Lodge Maine, 1940-1941).
Married Jessie E. Ross, October 15, 1913. Children: Barbara (Mistress Robert D. Abercrombie), Janice (Mistress James A. Briggs).