Career
Born in Burlington, Vermont, Gale was admitted to the Vermont Barometer In 1850-1851, Gale served as a Free Soil Party member of the Wisconsin State Senate"s 14th District. Gale moved to Louisiana Crosse, Wisconsin, where he became a Wisconsin county judge and then was elected a Wisconsin Circuit Court judge.
Gale bought land north of Louisiana Crosse and helped plat the city of Galesville, Wisconsin in order to found Gale College.
He is responsible for the creation of Trempealeau County, Wisconsin. During the American Civil War, Judge Gale served with the United States Sanitary Commission.
He died in Galesville.