John Henry Hughes (April 1, 1904 – October 13, 1972) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life

He was born on April 1, 1904, in Syracuse, New York. He graduated from Syracuse University, and in 1928 from

Syracuse University College of Law Syracuse University College of Law (SUCOL) is a Juris Doctor degree-granting law school of Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York. It is one of only four law schools in upstate New York. Syracuse was accredited by the American Bar Association ...

. He was admitted to the bar in 1929, and practiced law in Syracuse. He married Mary Lorraine Porter (1914–1976), and they had three children. Hughes was a member of the New York State Senate from 1947 until his death in 1972, sitting in the 166th, 167th, 168th, 169th,

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, 171st, 172nd, 173rd, 174th, 175th, 176th, 177th, 178th and

179th New York State Legislature The 179th New York State Legislature, consisting of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly, met from January 6, 1971, to May 12, 1972, during the thirteenth and fourteenth years of Nelson Rockefeller's governorship, in Albany ...

s. He was Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary from 1966 to 1972. He was an alternate delegate to the 1948,

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, ar ...

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Jan ...

and

1964 Republican National Convention The 1964 Republican National Convention took place in the Cow Palace, Daly City, California, from July 13 to July 16, 1964. Before 1964, there had been only one national Republican convention on the West Coast, the 1956 Republican National Convent ...

s. He died on October 13, 1972;''State Senator John H. Hughes, Syracuse Republican, 68, Dies''
in the ''

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'' on October 14, 1972 (subscription required) and was buried at St. Mary's Cemetery in DeWitt, New York.

References

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