Artemas Hale (October 20, 1783 – August 3, 1882) was a

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. Born in Winchendon, Massachusetts, Hale received a limited education and worked on a farm. He taught school in

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from 1804 to 1814. He became interested in the manufacture of cotton gins in Bridgewater. He served as member of the

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in 1824, 1825, 1827, and 1828. He served in the

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in 1833 and 1834. He was again a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 1838–1842. He served as delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1853. Hale was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Congresses (March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849). He engaged in agricultural pursuits. He served as presidential elector on the

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ticket in 1864. He died in

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, August 3, 1882. He was interred in Mount Prospect Cemetery.

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