Francis John Bennett Marks Hugo (March 5, 1870 – December 30, 1930) was a Canadian-American politician.

Biography

He was born on March 5, 1870, in

Kingston, Ontario Kingston is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is located on the north-eastern end of Lake Ontario, at the beginning of the St. Lawrence River and at the mouth of the Cataraqui River (south end of the Rideau Canal). The city is midway between To ...

, Canada to Nicholas Trevanion Hugo and Mary Rendle Marks. Hugo attended Queen's College (now Queen's University) at Kingston and held

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and

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degrees. He also earned a law degree from

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. He married Florence Goodale on June 8, 1899, in

Watertown, New York Watertown is a city in, and the county seat of, Jefferson County, New York, United States. It is approximately south of the Thousand Islands, along the Black River about east of where it flows into Lake Ontario. The city is bordered by th ...

and their son was Francis Goodale Hugo. He served as Mayor of Watertown, New York. He was a delegate to the

1912 Republican National Convention The 1912 Republican National Convention was held at the Chicago Coliseum, Chicago, Illinois, from June 18 to June 22, 1912. The party nominated President William H. Taft and Vice President James S. Sherman for re-election for the 1912 Unit ...

. In 1912, he ran for

Secretary of State of New York The secretary of state of New York is a cabinet officer in the government of the U.S. state of New York who leads the Department of State (NYSDOS). The current secretary of state of New York is Robert J. Rodriguez, a Democrat. Duties The secre ...

but was defeated by Democrat Mitchell May. He was Secretary of State of New York from 1915 to 1920, elected in

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and 1918. As Secretary of State, he signed the joint resolution of the Senate and Assembly submitting a women's suffrage ballot question. In Watertown, Hugo practiced law with Nicholas Doxtater Yost, father of Charles Woodruff Yost. In 1923, Hugo was appointed by National Non-Theatrical Motion Pictures, Inc. to screen non-commercial films, a function similar to that performed by Will H. Hays for commercial films. He died on December 30, 1930, at his home at 789

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in Manhattan, New York City.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hugo, Francis M People from Kingston, Ontario Canadian emigrants to the United States Queen's University at Kingston alumni Cornell Law School alumni Secretaries of State of New York (state) Politicians from Watertown, New York 1870 births 1930 deaths Mayors of places in New York (state) New York (state) Republicans