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Charles Evans Hughes

1862 - 1948

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Charles Evans Hughes (April 11, 1862 – August 27, 1948) was an American politician, academic, and jurist who served as the 11th chief justice of the United States from 1930 to 1941. A member of the Republican Party, he previously was the 36th governor of New York (1907–1910), an associate justice of the Supreme Court (1910–1916), and 44th U.S. secretary of state (1921–1925). As the Republican nominee in the 1916 presidential election, he narrowly lost to Woodrow Wilson. Born to a Welsh immigrant preacher and his wife in Glens Falls, New York, Hughes graduated from Brown University and Columbia Law School and practiced law in New York City. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Evans Hughes is the 11,402nd most popular politician (down from 10,260th in 2019), the 4,596th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,608th in 2019) and the 391st most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles Evans Hughes ranks 11,402 out of 19,576. Before him are Winfried Kretschmann, Pietro Mocenigo, García Galíndez, Chu Suiliang, Louis Beel, and Neferkauhor. After him are Pantelis Karasevdas, Edgar Savisaar, Théo Lefèvre, Pietro Grimani, Myechyslaw Hryb, and Neagoe Basarab.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Charles Evans Hughes ranks 91. Before him are Frank Muller, Arthur De Greef, Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, Mykola Pymonenko, Émile Coste, and Prince Alfons of Bavaria. After him are Aleksander Kakowski, Jules Renkin, Charles Laval, Movses Silikyan, Tang Shaoyi, and Alexander Trepov. Among people deceased in 1948, Charles Evans Hughes ranks 102. Before him are Georgios Tsolakoglou, Hasan Salama, Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey, Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, August Hlond, and Giulio Gaudini. After him are Vicente Huidobro, Karl Valentin, Henning Jakob Henrik Lund, Monteiro Lobato, Kan Kikuchi, and Adolf Kainz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Evans Hughes ranks 4,596 out of 20,380. Before him are Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1824), Roy Chapman Andrews (1884), Howard Da Silva (1909), Jeremiah P. Ostriker (1937), Paul Volcker (1927), and Dean Smith (1932). After him are Andre Norton (1912), Robert Penn Warren (1905), Minnie Riperton (1947), Joey Jordison (1975), Milton L. Humason (1891), and Douglas Diamond (1953).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Charles Evans Hughes ranks 391. Before him are Lori Lightfoot (1962), Elihu Yale (1649), Michael Dukakis (1933), John Henninger Reagan (1818), James Forrestal (1892), and Sandra Day O'Connor (1930). After him are Kenneth Arnold (1915), Jen Psaki (1978), Horace Mann (1796), Caspar Weinberger (1917), Eliza McCardle Johnson (1810), and George Clement Perkins (1839).

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