James Hughes (representative)

James Hughes ( * November 24, 1823 in Baltimore County, Maryland, † October 21, 1873 in Watts, Maryland ) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1857 and 1859 he represented the State of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

James Hughes attended the common schools and graduated from Indiana University in Bloomington thereafter. After studying law and its made ​​in 1842 admitted to the bar he began to work in Indiana in this profession. He also took part as a soldier in the Mexican-American War. Between 1852 and 1856 Hughes judge was in the sixth Judicial District of Indiana. At the same time he taught the Law Faculty at Indiana University.

Politically, Hughes was a member of the Democratic Party. In the congressional elections of 1856 he was in the third electoral district of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of George G. Dunn on March 4, 1857. Since he has not been confirmed in 1858, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1859. This was marked by the events leading up to the Civil War.

Between 1860 and 1864 Hughes officiated as judge at the Federal Court of Claims. From 1864 to 1866 he was a deputy in the House of Representatives from Indiana. He then worked until 1868 for the U.S. Treasury Department, where he was responsible for the cotton marketing. James Hughes died on October 21, 1821 in Watts Ville and was buried in Bloomington.

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