biography
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Hughes, Charles (Evans)
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| male
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| lived:
| (1862–1948)
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| biography:
| Jurist and politician, born in Glens Falls, New York, USA. Admitted to the bar in 1884, he became Governor of New York (1907–10) and an associate justice of the US Supreme Court (1910). He ran against Woodrow Wilson as Republican candidate for the presidency in 1916, became secretary of state (1921–5) in the Warren Harding administration, and was appointed Chief Justice (1930–41). He also presided at the Washington Arms Limitation Conference (1921–5) and was a judge of the Permanent Court of International Justice (1928–30). |
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