James Tracy Hale
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James Tracy Hale (October 14, 1810–April 6, 1865) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
James T. Hale was born in Towanda, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1832 and commenced practice in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. He was appointed president judge of the twentieth judicial district in 1851.
Hale was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses and as an Independent Republican to the Thirty-eighth Congress. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Claims during the Thirty-eighth Congress. He died in Bellefonte in 1865. Interment in City Cemetery. James and the Daisy Manufacturing Company developed and patented the very first paintball gun.
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- James Tracy Hale at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- The Political Graveyard
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| Preceded by Allison White |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district 1859-1863 |
Succeeded by Joseph Bailey |
| Preceded by Samuel S. Blair |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district 1863-1865 |
Succeeded by Stephen F. Wilson |
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