Charles Evans Hughes

Charles Evans Hughes
11th Chief Justice of the United States
In office February 13, 1930[1] – June 30, 1941
Nominated by	Herbert Hoover
Preceded by	William Howard Taft
Succeeded by	Harlan F. Stone
44th United States Secretary of State
In office March 5, 1921 – March 4, 1925
President	Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge
Preceded by	Bainbridge Colby
Succeeded by	Frank B. Kellogg
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
In office October 10, 1910 – June 10, 1916
Nominated by	William Howard Taft
Preceded by	David Josiah Brewer
Succeeded by	John Hessin Clarke
36th Governor of New York
In office January 1, 1907 – October 6, 1910
Lieutenant	Lewis Chanler (1907–1909) Horace White (1909–1910)
Preceded by	Frank W. Higgins
Succeeded by	Horace White
Personal details
Born	(1862-04-11)April 11, 1862 Glens Falls, New York, U.S.
Died	August 27, 1948(1948-08-27) (aged 86) Barnstable, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Antoinette Carter Hughes
Children	4
Alma mater	Madison University, Brown University, Columbia University
Profession	Politician, Lawyer, Professor, Judge.

Charles Evans Hughes, Sr. (April 11, 1862 – August 27, 1948) was an American statesman, lawyer and Republican politician from New York.

He served as the 36th Governor of New York (1907–1910), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1910–1916), United States Secretary of State (1921–1925), a judge on the Court of International Justice (1928–1930), and the 11th Chief Justice of the United States (1930–1941). He was the Republican candidate in the 1916 U.S. Presidential election, losing narrowly to Woodrow Wilson.

Hughes was a professor in the 1890s, a supporter of Britain's New Liberalism,^[2] an important leader of the progressive movement of the 20th century, a leading diplomat and New York lawyer in the days of Harding and Coolidge, and was known for being a swing voter when dealing with cases related to the New Deal in the 1930s.^[2] Historian Clinton Rossiter has hailed him as a leading American conservative.^[3]

On August 27, 1948, Hughes died in what is now the Tiffany Cottage of the Wianno Club near Barnstable, Massachusetts. His remains are buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Bronx, New York.^[4]

1. ↑ "Federal Judicial Center: Charles Evans Hughes". 2009-12-12. Archived from the original on 2009-05-14. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Charles Evans Hughes and the Strange Death of Liberal America". Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
3. ↑ Clinton Rossiter, Conservatism in America (1962) p. 174
4. ↑ "Christensen, George A. (1983) Here Lies the Supreme Court: Gravesites of the Justices, Yearbook". Supreme Court Historical Society. Archived from the original on 2005-09-03. Retrieved 24 November 2013.