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Charles Evans Hughes
Former judge · Supreme Court of the United States
Charles Evans Hughes served on the Supreme Court of the United States. Appointed by Herbert Hoover and confirmed Feb 13, 1930.
- Appointed by
- Herbert Hoover
- Confirmed
- Feb 13, 1930
- Born
- 1862
Appointments
- Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United StatesWilliam H. Taft · May 2, 1910 – Jun 10, 1916
- Chief Justice, Supreme Court of the United StatesHerbert Hoover · Feb 13, 1930 – Aug 27, 1948
Education
- Brown UniversityA.B., 1881
- Read law1882
- Columbia Law SchoolLL.B., 1884
Career
Private practice, New York City, 1884-1891, 1893-1906, 1916-1921, 1925-1930; Faculty, Cornell Law School, 1891-1895; professor of law, 1891-1893; special lecturer, 1893-1895; Special lecturer, New York University Law School, 1893-1900; Counsel, Stevens Gas Commission, New York Legislature, 1905; Counsel, Armstrong Insurance Commission, New York Legislature, 1905-1906; Special assistant to the Attorney General of the United States, 1906; Governor, New York, 1907-1910; Republican candidate for president of the United States, 1916; Secretary of State, 1921-1925; Member, Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague, 1926-1930; Presiding officer, Conference of Senior Circuit Judges (now Judicial Conference of the United States), 1929-1941
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From the Federal Judicial Center’s biographical directory of federal judges.
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