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Apr 30, 2024 · Charles Evans Hughes lived from 1862 to 1948, serving in a variety of capacities in government throughout his life. He was elected Governor of New York, served two different stints on the U.S. Supreme Court – including being named the 11th Chief Justice – and was nearly elected President. Early Years Hughes was born in … Continue reading "Charles Evans Hughes"
4 days ago · Charles Evans Hughes, writing in 1927 on the Supreme Court's history, described Dred Scott v. Sandford as a "self-inflicted wound" from which the court would not recover for many years. In 1952, as a clerk to Justice Robert H. Jackson, future Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist wrote in a memo on Brown v.
2 days ago · Howard Hughes. Howard Robard Hughes Jr. (December 24, 1905 – April 5, 1976) was an American aerospace engineer, business magnate, film producer, investor, philanthropist, and pilot. [2] He was best known during his lifetime as one of the richest and most influential people in the world. He first became prominent as a film producer, and then ...
1 day ago · John Simms. Field Marshal Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, 1st Baronet, GCB, DSO (5 May 1864 – 22 June 1922) was one of the most senior British Army staff officers of the First World War and was briefly an Irish unionist politician. Wilson served as Commandant of the Staff College, Camberley, and then as Director of Military Operations at the War ...
2 days ago · Recorded October 1931. Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933. A member of the Republican Party, he held office during the onset of the Great Depression. A wealthy mining engineer before his presidency, Hoover ...
2 days ago · v. t. e. Everett McKinley Dirksen (January 4, 1896 – September 7, 1969) was an American politician. A Republican, he represented Illinois in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. As Senate Minority Leader from 1959 until his death in 1969, he played a highly visible and key role in the politics of the 1960s.
May 1, 2024 · Provided photo. "My Native Air: Charles Evans Hughes and the Adirondacks" is a 43-minute documentary detailing the life of Charles Evans Hughes and his connections to the Adirondacks. Hughes was a ...
