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Senate Years of Service: 1937-1943 Party: Democrat
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Delaware State Archives |
HUGHES, James Hurd, a Senator from Delaware; born on a farm near Felton, Kent County, Del., January
14, 1867; attended the public schools and Collegiate Institute in Dover, Del., and also received
instruction from private tutors; taught school in Kent County, Del., 1885-1889; studied law; admitted
to the bar in 1890 and commenced practice at Dover, Del.; also engaged in agricultural pursuits and
banking; secretary of State of Delaware 1897-1901; Democratic presidential elector 1912;
unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Delaware in 1916; elected as a Democrat in 1936 to the
United States Senate and served from January 3, 1937, to January 2, 1943; unsuccessful candidate
for renomination in 1942; returned to Dover, Del., and continued the practice of law; director of the
Farmers Bank, Dover, Del., from 1905 until his death; died in Lewes, Del., August 29, 1953;
interment in Lakeside Cemetery, Dover, Del.
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