Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1916 — CHARLES EVANS HUGHES. (Republican.) [ARTICLE]

CHARLES EVANS HUGHES. (Republican.)

: Bom—Glen Falls, N. Y. Now 54 years old. Ancestry—Welsh. Educated Colgate university, Brown University, Columbia university. Profession—Lawyer, late professor of law and jurist. Entered active life—As lawyer in New York, 1884. Career —Practicing lawyer, New York City, 1884-91 and 1893-1906; professor of law in Cornell university. 1891-93 and special lecturer -'n same 1893-5; lecturer New York Law school, 18931900; counsel for Stevens commission of N<wy York legislature investigating gas companies 1905; counsel for Armstrong legislative comnr'ssion investigating insurance companies 1905-6; special assistant to the United States attornev general in the coal investigation, 1906; governor of New York, two terms. Jan. 1 1907 to resignation Oct 6, 1910; rissociute justice LTnited States supreme court, 1910-1916. Married —Antoinette Carter, December 5, 1888. Children —Charles E., Jr., Helen, ’“Uatherine and Elizabeth. Religion—Baptist.