Charles Evans Hughes

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Charles Evans Hughes


Born
in Glens Falls, New York, The United States
April 11, 1862

Died
August 27, 1948


American statesman, lawyer, and Republican politician from New York. He served as the 36th Governor of New York (1907–1910), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1910–1916), United States Secretary of State (1921–1925), a judge on the Court of International Justice (1928–1930), and the 11th Chief Justice of the United States (1930–1941). He was the Republican nominee in the 1916 U.S. Presidential election, losing narrowly to incumbent President Woodrow Wilson.
Hughes was a professor in the 1890s, a staunch supporter of Britain's New Liberalism, an important leader of the progressive movement of the 20th century, a leading diplomat and New York lawyer in the days of Harding and Coolidge, and was known for being a swing
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“When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free.”
Charles Evans Hughes

“A dissent in a court of last resort is an appeal to the brooding spirit of law, to the intelligence of a future day when a later decision may possibly correct the error into which the dissenting justice believes the court to have been betrayed.”
Charles Evans Hughes

“A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company.”
Charles Evans Hughes