Isaac F. Hughes

Not to be confused with William M. Hughes, council member in 1927 to 1929.

Isaac F. Hughes, known as I.F. Hughes, (1861–1931) was a miller, a grocer and a businessman who was the first representative of Los Angeles City Council District 3 after a new city charter went into effect in 1925. He served for two years, until 1927.^[1]

Biography

Hughes was born July 29, 1861, in Paulsboro, New Jersey, and was brought up on a farm in Lawrence, Kansas. His father was William M. Hughes. At age 18 he began work in a flour mill and continued as a miller and in the grocery business for the next 27 years. He was a member of the city council in Lawrence for four years and a county commissioner in Douglas County for six. He was married to Elizabeth Griffitts in 1881 in Trenton, Missouri. Their children were Herbert F., Earl E., Ray A., Fay E. (Mrs. Frank E. Smith) and Lester.^[2]

He moved to Los Angeles in 1906 and was proprietor for fourteen years of a grocery at Washington and Arlington Streets.^[3] Upon retirement in 1923, Hughes was appointed to the Recreation and Playground Commission, where he devoted his efforts to developing the Queen Anne Playground.^[4] His wife recalled in an interview that playgrounds were his hobby and that he visited them in many parts of the country.^[1] He was a Republican, a Methodist, a Mason and a member of the City Club. He died January 17, 1931, at his home, 1223 South Orange Drive, Los Angeles.^[2]

City Council

In 1925 the 3rd District lay mostly south of the Santa Monica Mountains east of Sawtelle, with its eastern boundary at Western Avenue, and its southern boundary running along Washington Boulevard to embrace the Palms area. It included the Los Angeles Country Club and the Sawtelle district, and all the Santa Monica Mountains west of Sawtelle to the Ventura County line, including Pacific Palisades and Topanga Canyon.^[5]

Hughes was chosen over Edwin O. Loucks in the June 1925 election, 4,981 votes to 2,661.

Known as a defender of Mayor George E. Cryer and political figure Kent Kane Parrot, Hughes was defeated in the 1927 election by Ernest L. Webster.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b Los Angeles Public Library interview with his wife
^ ^a ^b Los Angeles Public Library file on Hughes
^ Bing map
^ Information and a map
^ "First Map Showing City Council's Districts," Los Angeles Times, January 16, 1925, page 1 Library card required
^ "Gas Grabs, Parrot Councilmen Lose," Los Angeles Times, June 8, 1927, page 1 Library card required

Preceded by —	Los Angeles City Council 3rd district 1925–1927	Succeeded by Ernest L. Webster

Persondata
Name	Hughes, Isaac F.
Alternative names
Short description	Los Angeles City Council member
Date of birth	July 29, 1861
Place of birth	Paulsboro, New Jersey
Date of death	1931
Place of death