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Charles Evans Hughes Jr. (November 30, 1889 – January 21, 1950) was the United States Solicitor General from 1929 to 1930. He was the son of Supreme Court chief justice Charles Evans Hughes.
Sep 18, 2023 · 20th Solicitor General, 1929 - 1930. Charles Evans Hughes, Jr. was born on November 30, 1889 in New York, New York. Charles was the only son of former Secretary of State, Chief Justice of the United States, and 1916 Republican Presidential nominee Charles Evans Hughes, and mother, Antoinette.
In 1910, President William Howard Taft appointed Hughes as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. During his tenure on the Supreme Court, Hughes often joined Associate Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. in voting to uphold state and federal regulations.
Sep 12, 2013 · Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes recognized the Attorney General of the United States, Homer S. Cummings. He reported that the Supreme Court Bar had held Cardozo memorial proceedings the previous month, spoke of the Justice’s life and judicial service, expressed sorrow at his passing and presented to the Court the memorial resolutions that ...
Although a Methodist in Wales, the elder Hughes served Baptist congregations in the U.S. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., who befriended the younger Hughes during his six years as an associate justice, was struck both by his colleague's intense religiosity and capacity for independent thought, noting that Hughes had “doubts that open vistas ...
Charles Evans Hughes was the 11th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, succeeding William Howard Taft. Hughes previously served as an Associate Justice from 1910-1916. After 14 years away from the Court, he was nominated as Chief Justice on February 3, 1930 by President Herbert Hoover.
Apr 11, 2024 · On the anniversary of his birthday in New York state, Constitution Daily looks back at the career of Charles Evans Hughes, former Chief Justice and a man who lost the 1916 presidential election by 4,000 votes cast in California.
