Hugh H. Price
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Hugh Hiram Price (December 2, 1859 - December 25, 1904) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin, son of William T. Price.
Born at Black River Falls, Wisconsin, Price attended the grade and high schools, and the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He engaged in milling and in the lumber business. He served as member of the city council in 1885 and 1886, and of the Jackson County Board of Wisconsin in 1885 and 1886. Secretary of the Jackson County Agricultural Society in 1885.
Price was elected as a Republican to the Forty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father, United States Representative William T. Price (January 18, 1887-March 3, 1887). He resumed his former business pursuits. He served as member of the Wisconsin Senate, 1889. He moved to Silver City, New Mexico, in 1894 and engaged in silver mining. He moved to Phoenix, Arizona, and served as surveyor general of Arizona Territory for two years. He moved to Denver, Colorado, and lived in retirement until his death on December 25, 1904. He was interred in Fairmont Cemetery.
