Charles Hughes was an American lawyer and politician from New York

New York

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Life

He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Sandy Hill, NY.

He was elected as a Democrat

Democratic Party (United States)

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 to the 33rd United States Congress

33rd United States Congress

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, and served from March 4, 1853, to March 3, 1855.

Hughes was Clerk of the New York Court of Appeals

Clerk of the New York Court of Appeals

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 from 1860 to 1862, elected in 1859

New York state election, 1859

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 on the Republican and American

Know Nothing

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 tickets, but defeated for re-election in 1862 on the Union ticket.

He also served as provost marshal

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 for the sixteenth district of New York, was a member of the Governor’s staff and Judge Advocate General

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 of the New York State Militia. He was a member of the New York State Senate

New York State Senate

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 (12th District) from 1878 to 1879.

He was buried at the Union Cemetery, between Fort Edward, New York and Sandy Hill, NY.