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William H. Hughes

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William H. Hughes (1902)

William Henry Hughes (September 30, 1864 – November 11, 1903) was an American businessman and politician from New York.

Life

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He was born on September 30, 1864, in Chapmanville, Venango County, Pennsylvania. He owned stone quarries in New York and Vermont, and was a wholesale dealer in slate.[1]

Hughes was Quartermaster General of the State Militia from 1897 to 1898.[2]

He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Washington Co.) in 1902 and 1903;[3] and was Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs in 1903.

On September 17, 1903, he filed schedules in bankruptcy.[4] On November 3, 1903, he was re-elected to the State Assembly. He hanged himself on November 11, 1903, at his home in Granville, New York;[5] and was buried at the Elmwood Cemetery in Middle Granville.

Sources

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  1. ^ The New York Red Book by Edgar L. Murlin (1903; pg. 145)
  2. ^ THE STAFF OF GOV. BLACK in the New York Times on December 13, 1896
  3. ^ Official New York from Cleveland to Hughes by Charles Elliott Fitch (Hurd Publishing Co., New York and Buffalo, 1911, Vol. IV; pg. 346 and 348)
  4. ^ Assemblyman Hughes a Bankrupt in the New York Times on September 18, 1903
  5. ^ GEN. HUGHES A SUICIDE in the New York Times on November 12, 1903
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New York State Assembly
Preceded by New York State Assembly
Washington County

1902–1903
Succeeded by