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 U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

James Hughes attended the public schools of his home, including the Green Bay West High School, which he finished 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 was sitting in the Education Committee of the municipality of De Pere. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party. In the years 1920 and 1928 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions relevant; 1920 to 1924 he was on the board of his party in Wisconsin. After that, he was from 1928 to 1932 -Chairman of the eighth Congressional District of Wisconsin democratic election committee.

In the congressional elections of 1932, Hughes was in the eighth constituency of Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of the Republican Gerald J. Boileau on March 4, 1933. He benefited from a nationwide trend in favor of the Democrats, who were able to achieve a significant victory in congressional and presidential elections this year. At that time Franklin D. Roosevelt was first elected to the U.S. President. Since Hughes waived in the elections of 1934 to further candidacy, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until January 3, 1935. During this time the first New Deal legislation of the Federal Government to overcome the global economic crisis in Congress were adopted.

After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives Hughes again worked as a sales representative. Politically, he is then no longer getraten in appearance. He died on August 9, 1940 in a hospital in Rochester.