Hugh F. Finley

Hugh Franklin Finley ( born January 18, 1833 in Tyes Ferry, Whitley County, Kentucky, † October 16, 1909 in Williamsburg, Kentucky ) was an American politician. Between 1887 and 1891 he represented the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Hugh Finley attended the common schools and initially worked thereafter in agriculture. After studying law and his 1859 was admitted to the bar he began to work in Williamsburg in this profession. Between 1862 and 1866, and again from 1867 to 1874 he was a prosecutor in Kentucky. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party. In the years 1861 and 1862 he was a deputy in the House of Representatives from Kentucky. In 1870, he ran for the first time, but still unsuccessfully for Congress. From 1875 to 1876 he sat in the Senate from Kentucky. After that, he was until 1877 the Federal Attorney for Kentucky. The next three years to 1880 Finley practiced as a private attorney. Subsequently, he was from 1880 to 1886 judges in the 15th judicial district of his state.

In the congressional elections of 1886, Finley was in the eleventh electoral district of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded the Democrats Frank Lane Wolford on March 4, 1887. After a re-election in 1888 he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1891 two legislative sessions. For the elections of 1890 he was not nominated by his party.

After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives Finley again worked as a lawyer. He also became involved in coal mining. Hugh Finley died on October 16, 1909 in Williamsburg. His son Charles was of 1930-1933 also the state of Kentucky in Congress.