James F. Hughes

James Frederic Hughes (born August 7, 1883 in Green Bay , Wisconsin , †  August 9, 1940 in Rochester , Minnesota ) was an American politician . Between 1933 and 1935 he represented the state of Wisconsin in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Hughes attended public schools in his home country including West Green Bay High School , which he graduated in 1901. In the same year he moved to De Pere in Brown County . There he worked as a sales representative. Between 1914 and 1937, Hughes served on the De Pere Ward Education Committee. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1920 and 1928 he was a delegate to the respective Democratic National Conventions ; from 1920 to 1924 he was a member of the executive committee of his party in Wisconsin. He was then from 1928 to 1932 Chairman of the responsible for the eighth Congressional electoral district of Wisconsin Democratic Electoral Committee.

In the 1932 congressional election , Hughes was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the eighth constituency of Wisconsin , where he succeeded Republican Gerald J. Boileau on March 4, 1933 . He benefited from the nationwide trend in favor of the Democrats, who were able to achieve a significant victory in the congressional and presidential elections this year. It was then that Franklin D. Roosevelt was first elected US President. Since Hughes renounced another candidacy in the elections of 1934, he could complete only one term in Congress until January 3, 1935 . During this time, the federal government's first New Deal laws to overcome the global economic crisis were passed in Congress.

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Hughes returned to working as a sales representative. After that, he no longer appeared politically. He died on August 9, 1940 in a Rochester hospital.

Web links

• James F. Hughes in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James F. Hughes in the database of Find a Grave (English)