1. John Hailey was an American politician who served as a Congressional Delegate from Idaho Territory.
15 Facts About John Hailey
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John Hailey's father married Miss Nancy Baird, a native of Tennessee, the daughter of Captain Josiah Baird, who had been a captain in the War of 1812.
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John Hailey moved in 1848 to Missouri with his parents, who settled in Dade County.
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John Hailey enlisted as a private on the outbreak of the Rogue River Indian War in 1855 and was promoted to lieutenant.
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John Hailey married Louisa M Griffin on August 7,1856, in Jackson County, Oregon, and they would have six children including Thomas G Hailey, who would serve in the Oregon Supreme Court.
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John Hailey moved to Washington Territory in 1862 and engaged in agricultural pursuits, stock raising, and mining.
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John Hailey was elected mayor of Boise, Idaho Territory, in 1871 but never took office.
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John Hailey was elected as a Delegate to the Forty-third Congress.
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John Hailey declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1874.
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From 1877 to 1879, John Hailey was a county commissioner for Ada County, and from 1880 to 1881, he represented Ada and Washington Counties on the Idaho Territorial Council, serving as its president.
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In 1884, John Hailey was elected to the Forty-ninth Congress, and was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress.
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John Hailey was appointed warden of the Idaho State Penitentiary in 1899.
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In 1907, upon the founding of the Historical Society of the State of Idaho, John Hailey was made its first secretary and librarian.
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In 1910, as secretary and librarian, John Hailey wrote a history of the state at the request of the legislature.
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John Hailey died in Boise, Idaho, on April 10,1921, and was interred in the Masonic Burial Ground.