About William H. Hughes
Lived 1864 – 1903 (aged 39). William H. Hughes was an American politician.
William Henry Hughes (September 30, 1864 – November 11, 1903) was an American businessman and politician from New York.
Life 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.
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.
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Who was William H. Hughes?
American politician in New York (1864-1903)
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William H. Hughes was born on 30 September 1864.
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William H. Hughes died on 11 November 1903.
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William H. Hughes was a politician.
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William H. Hughes was American.
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