William H. Hughes
William Henry Hughes (September 30, 1864 in Chapmanville, Venango County, Pennsylvania – November 11, 1903 in Granville, Washington County, New York) was an American politician from New York.
Life
Hughes owned stone quarries in New York and Vermont, and was a wholesale dealer in slate.
Hughes was Quartermaster General of the State Militia from 1897 to 1898. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Washington Co.) in 1902 and 1903; and was Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs in 1903.
On September 17, 1903, he filed schedules in bankruptcy. 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; and was buried at the Elmwood Cemetery in Middle Granville.
Sources
- 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)
- THE STAFF OF GOV. BLACK in NYT on December 13, 1896
- The New York Red Book by Edgar L. Murlin (1903; pg. 145)
- Assemblyman Hughes a Bankrupt in NYT on September 18, 1903
- GEN. HUGHES A SUICIDE in NYT on November 12, 1903
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| New York Assembly | ||
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| Preceded by Samuel B. Irwin |
New York State Assembly Washington County 1902–1903 |
Succeeded by James S. Parker |