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James Frederic Hughes (August 7, 1883 – August 9, 1940) was a
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from
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Biography

Born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Hughes graduated from West Green Bay High School in 1901. After moving to
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in 1901, he was employed as a salesman. He was a member of the De Pere Board of Education from 1914 to 1937). A delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1920 and 1928, he was a member of the Democratic State central committee (1920–1924) and chaired the eighth Wisconsin Democratic
congressional committee A congressional committee is a legislative sub-organization in the United States Congress that handles a specific duty (rather than the general duties of Congress). Committee membership enables members to develop specialized knowledge of the ...
(1928–1932). Hughes was elected as a member of the
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to the 73rd Congress (March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935), but chose not to seek renomination in 1934, resuming a post as sales manager in De Pere, Wisconsin. While in congress, he represented Wisconsin's 8th congressional district. He died in a hospital at Rochester, Minnesota, on August 9, 1940 and was interred at Cady Cemetery in
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, near De Pere. __NOTOC__


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* 1883 births 1940 deaths School board members in Wisconsin Politicians from Green Bay, Wisconsin Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin 20th-century American politicians People from De Pere, Wisconsin {{Wisconsin-Representative-stub