Background
Matthew Hale was the grandson of Nathan Hale, a colonel in the American army during the American Revolutionary War.
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Matthew Hale
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Education
He graduated from the University of Vermont in 1851. Then he studied law with his brother Robert South. Hale (1822–1881) and Orlando Kellogg in Elizabethtown, New York, was admitted to the bar in 1853, and commenced practice in Poughkeepsie.
Career
In 1859, he moved to New York City. In 1877, Hale married Mary Lee, and they had five children. In 1883, the University of Vermont conferred on him an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws
In 1886, he was appointed by Governor David B. Hill to a three-member State commission to find a more humane alternative to hanging.
Two years later they recommended electrocution.
Membership
Hale was Supervisor of the Town of Elizabethtown in 1864 and 1865. A delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1867-1868. And a member of the New York State Senate (16th Doctorate) in 1868 and 1869.
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Nationality
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Political Party
Republican party