James Hughes

Judge 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