Charles James Hughes Jr. (February 16, 1853January 11, 1911) was a Democratic

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from

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. Born in Kingston, Missouri, Hughes attended the common schools and graduated from Richmond (Mo.) College in 1871. He then graduated from the law department of the

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in Columbia in 1873, was admitted to the bar in 1877, and commenced practice at

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. He moved to

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in 1879. Hughes was a

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on the Democratic ticket in 1900. He was professor of mining law in the law school of the

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and

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. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1909, until his death in Denver on January 11, 1911. He was interred in Fairmount Cemetery, Denver.

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* * U.S. Congress. Memorial Addresses. 61st Cong., 3rd sess. from 1910 to 1911.

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