William Hale (Wyoming politician)

He was admitted to the bar association when he was twenty-one years old, and began to practice law.

[1] In 1868, Hale became a member of the Republican Party and was a presidential elector from Iowa in that year's election.

[2] Several years later, on July 18, 1882, U.S. President Chester A. Arthur appointed Hale Governor of Wyoming Territory.

[1] Soon after his induction to the governorship, word came that Montana had been seeking to establish jurisdiction over Yellowstone National Park through Congress.

Hearing this, Hale travelled thousands of miles in ailing health and chronic pain to reach the disputed land and physically claim it for Wyoming.