James Hughes
Personal
Birthday:
11/24/1823
Birthplace:
Bladensburg, MD
Date of Death:
10/21/1873
Place of Death:
Bladensburg, MD
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
Private practice, Bloomington and Bedford, Indiana, 1842-1852
U.S. Army lieutenant, Mexican War
Judge, Indiana Circuit Court, Sixth Judicial Circuit, 1852-1856
Professor of law, Indiana University, 1853-1856
U.S. representative from Indiana, 1857-1859
Cotton agent, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 1865-1866
State representative, Indiana, 1866-1868
State senator, Indiana, 1868-1869
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1869-1873
Education
Name of School:
Indiana University
Name of School - Second:
U.S. Military Academy
Name of School - Third:
Read law
Degree Year - Third:
1842 Judicial Career
Court Name:
Court of Claims
Court Name:
United States Court of Federal Claims
President Nominating:
James Buchanan
Party Affiliation of President:
Democratic
Commission Date:
01/18/1860
Termination Date:
12/01/1864
Termination Reason:
Resignation