Charles Evans Hughes

1862–1948 · Glens Falls, NY

Judicial Service

CourtTitleAppointed ByCommissionedTermination
Supreme Court of the United StatesAssociate JusticeWilliam H. Taft (Republican)May 2, 1910Resignation, Jun 10, 1916
Supreme Court of the United StatesChief JusticeHerbert Hoover (Republican)Feb 13, 1930Death, Aug 27, 1948

Education

  • Brown University, A.B., 1881
  • Read law, 1882
  • Columbia Law School, LL.B., 1884

Professional Career

Private practice, New York City, 1884-1891, 1893-1906, 1916-1921, 1925-1930; Faculty, Cornell Law School, 1891-1895; professor of law, 1891-1893; special lecturer, 1893-1895; Special lecturer, New York University Law School, 1893-1900; Counsel, Stevens Gas Commission, New York Legislature, 1905; Counsel, Armstrong Insurance Commission, New York Legislature, 1905-1906; Special assistant to the Attorney General of the United States, 1906; Governor, New York, 1907-1910; Republican candidate for president of the United States, 1916; Secretary of State, 1921-1925; Member, Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague, 1926-1930; Presiding officer, Conference of Senior Circuit Judges (now Judicial Conference of the United States), 1929-1941

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