Charles Hughes (politician)

Charles Hughes (born February 27, 1822 in New Orleans , Louisiana , † August 10, 1887 in Sandy Hill (now Hudson Falls ), New York ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1853 and 1855 he represented the state of New York in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles Hughes was born in New Orleans about seven years after the end of the British-American War . He completed his preliminary studies. Then he studied law . He was admitted to the bar in 1846 and then began practicing at Sandy Hill. Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party .

In the 1852 congressional elections for the 33rd Congress he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the 15th constituency of New York , where he succeeded Joseph Russell on March 4, 1853 . He retired from the after March 3, 1855 Congress of.

Between 1860 and 1862 he worked as a clerk at the Court of Appeals of New York. During the Civil War in 1862 he was Provost Marshal in charge of the 16th District of New York. Between 1875 and 1879 he served on the staff of the Governor of New York and Judge Advocate General in the New York National Guard . He sat in the New York Senate in 1878 and 1879 . Then he went back to his activity as a lawyer. He died on August 10, 1887 in Sandy Hill and was then buried in Union Cemetery , which is between Fort Edward and Sandy Hill.

Web links

• Charles Hughes in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Charles Hughes in the database of Find a Grave (English)