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Hugo Black
Democrat · Senate · Alabama · 1927–1937
Hugo Black was a Democratic U.S. senator from Alabama, serving 1927–1937. Cast 1,226 votes and missed 12.4%.
- Years in Congress
- 9
- Votes missed
- 12.4%
- Born
- 1886
- Died
- 1971
Biography
Hugo Lafayette Black (February 27, 1886 – September 25, 1971) was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist who served as a U.S. Senator from Alabama from 1927 to 1937 and as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1937 to 1971. A member of the Democratic Party and a devoted New Dealer, Black endorsed Franklin D. Roosevelt in both the 1932 and 1936 presidential elections.
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Terms in office
- Senate, Alabama1927–1937 · Democrat
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Capitol Receipts, “Hugo Black (D-AL), Senate 1927–1937,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/past-member/B000499/hugo-black (accessed 2026-10-14).