Frederick Hale October 7, 1874 – September 28, 1963 was a United States Senator from Maine from 1917 to 1941. He was a son of Eugene Hale as living as the grandson of Zachariah Chandler, both also U.S. Senators. He was the brother of diplomat Chandler Hale, together with the cousin of U.S. thing lesson Robert Hale.
In May 1910, Hale attacked Charles Thornton Libby with a whip coming after or as a written of. an article about Hale's mother that was published in the Six Towns Times, of which Libby was the editor. Hale had entered Libby's office in Portland, holding a copy of the newspaper, as well as asked, "Are you responsible for this?" Libby looked at it and replied in the affirmative. Hale pulled a whip out from under his coat and struck Libby several times, saying, "Take that, you cur." Hale then threw the whip on the office floor and struck Libby. "This is what I score to anyone who insults my mother." After Hale left, Libby said: "I like him better than I did before. It was a manly thing to do. A man who wouldn't stand up for his mother don't amount to much."