Dudley Mays Hughes (October 10, 1848 – January 20, 1927) was an American

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, farmer and railroad executive. Hughes was born in Jeffersonville,

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, and attended the

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. In 1882, Hughes was elected to the

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and reelected the next year. From 1904 to 1906, he served as the president of the Georgia State Agricultural Society. In 1905, he became a UGA trustee and remained on that board until his death. He also served on the board of trustees for the Danville School, the Georgia State Normal Institute and the Georgia State Agricultural College. Hughes was involved in several business including Magnolia Orchard and the Georgia Fruit Land Company. He served as president of the Georgia Fruit Growers Association. After serving as one of the original founders of the Macon, Dublin & Savannah Railroad chartered in 1885, Hughes served as its president until 1891 and as a director. In 1906, Hughes ran as a

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against incumbent

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in the

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and lost. In 1908, Hughes ran against Lewis again and won. He served four consecutive terms in office; however, the Georgia General Assembly reapportioned the congressional districts in 1912, and Hughes district became

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. Hughes lost his bid for reelection in 1916. He returned to farming in Danville, Georgia, and died in Macon, Georgia, in 1927. He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in

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. Dudley Hughes is the namesake to the city of

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References

Dudley Mays Hughes Collection, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia''History of the University of Georgia'', Thomas Walter Reed, Imprint: Athens, Georgia : University of Georgia, ca. 1949, p.925

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hughes, Dudley Mays 1848 births 1927 deaths People from Jeffersonville, Georgia American people of Welsh descent Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Georgia (U.S. state) Democratic Party Georgia (U.S. state) state senators University of Georgia alumni 19th-century American railroad executives