Francis Hugo

Francis Hugo

Francis M. Hugo (born March 5, 1870 in Kingston , Canada , † December 30, 1930 in New York City ) was an American lawyer and politician ( Republican Party ). He was Secretary of State of New York from 1915 to 1921 .

Career

Nothing is known about Francis M. Hugo's youth. He attended Queen's College (now Queen's University ) in Kingston, where he left with a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws . Then he graduated from Cornell University with a law degree .

He was the mayor of Watertown, New York. In 1912 he participated in the delegate as Republican National Convention in Chicago ( Illinois part).

Hugo ran for the office of Secretary of State of New York in 1912, but suffered a defeat in the election to Democrat Mitchell May . He was elected Secretary of State in 1914 and re-elected in 1916 and 1918. During his tenure, he signed the joint resolution of the Senate and the Assembly to let voters decide on women's suffrage .

In Watertown he practiced with Nicholas Doxtater Yost, the father of Charles Woodruff Yost .

In 1923 he was appointed by National Non-Theatrical Motion Pictures, Inc. to select non-commercial films, a function similar to that exercised by Will H. Hays in relation to commercial films.

He married Florence Goodale. The couple had a son named Francis G. Hugo.

The older brother of Francis Hugo was Trevanion William Hugo , of the Office of the Mayor of 1900-1904 Duluth ( Minnesota held). Another brother was a MP in Minnesota.

Web links

• Francis Hugo on The Political Graveyard website

Individual evidence

1. ^ Haddock, John A .: A souvenir of the Thousand Islands of the St. Lawrence River , Weed-Parsons Printing Company, 1895
2. ^ Francis Hugo Dies , The New York Times, December 31, 1930
3. ^ Signs Suffrage Bill , The New York Times, February 19, 1915
4. ^ Czar of Realism , Time Magazine, March 17, 1923