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Apr 11, 2024 · April 11, 2024 | by Scott Bomboy. More in Constitution Daily Blog. 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.
Charles Evans Hughes served as Secretary of State from March 5, 1921, to March 5, 1925, during the administration of President Warren Harding. He continued as Secretary after Harding’s death in office, but resigned at the beginning of President Calvin Coolidge ’s full term.
Jun 27, 2018 · views 2,814,413 updated May 17 2018. Hughes, Charles Evans (1862–1948) US statesman and jurist, associate justice of the Supreme Court (1910–16), secretary of state (1921–25), eleventh US chief justice (1930–41). He was the Republican presidential candidate (1916) but narrowly lost to Woodrow Wilson.
The Senate confirmed him on February 13 in a 52-26 vote, and he took the judicial oath later that month. Hughes is one of only two Associate Justices (and the only Associate Justice since 1800) who left the Court and returned as Chief Justice. Hughes served as Chief Justice for slightly over a decade.
Charles Evans Hughes, (born April 11, 1862, Glens Falls, N.Y., U.S.—died Aug. 27, 1948, Osterville, Mass.), U.S. jurist and statesman. He became prominent in 1905 as counsel to New York legislative committees investigating abuses in the life insurance and utilities industries. His two terms as governor of New York (1906–10) were marked by ...
Charles Evans Hughes (1862–1948) Jurist. Law 1884. Faculty 1884–87. LLD (hon.) 1907. Known as a master of building consensus, the two-time Supreme Court justice Charles Evans Hughes was lauded for his brilliant legal mind.
Historical profiles documenting the personal background, plus nomination and confirmation dates of previous chief justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Charles Evans Hughes.
