Gale H. Stalker

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| image=GaleHStalker2.jpg

| image_size=200px

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| state =New York

| district = 37th

|predecessor = Lewis Henry

|successor = W. Sterling Cole

| birth_name = Gale Hamilton Stalker

| birth_date = {{Birth date |1889|11|7}}

| birth_place = Long Eddy, Sullivan County, New York, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1985|11|4|1889|11|7}}

| death_place = Palm Bay, Florida, U.S.

| party = Republican

| term_start = March 4, 1923

| term_end = January 3, 1935

| resting_place = Hillside Cemetery, Ormond Beach, Florida, U.S.

| alma_mater = Lackawanna College

| profession = Banker
Businessman

}}

Gale Hamilton Stalker (November 7, 1889 – November 4, 1985) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.

Early life and education

Gale H. Stalker was born in Long Eddy in Sullivan County, New York on November 7, 1889. He studied at Scranton Business College in Scranton, Pennsylvania, which is now Lackawanna College. He then moved to Elmira, New York.J. H. Beers & Co., [https://books.google.com/books?id=IdIwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA995 Commemorative Biographical Record of Northeastern Pennsylvania], 1900, page 995The Scranton Republican, [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/52668576/ Dry Act Author Received Early Education Here], May 4, 1929

Career

Stalker was active in lumber and oil and gas businesses, banking, and other ventures. During World War I, he was nicknamed "Tent Peg" because his lumber company filled a contract to provide millions of tent poles and pegs to the United States Army.Chemung County Historical Society, [https://books.google.com/books?id=4-gpAQAAMAAJ&q=%22tent+peg%22 Chemung County, 1890-1975], 1976, page 67

He was elected to Congress in 1922 and served from March 4, 1923 until January 3, 1935.

He died on November 4, 1985, in Palm Bay, Florida and was buried at Hillside Cemetery in Ormond Beach, Florida.Orlando Sentinel, [https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1985/11/07/gale-h-stalker-96-2800-fordham-road/ Gale H. Stalker, 96], November 7, 1985