Background
Hughes, Ellwood Clarke was born on August 25, 1855 in Columbia Company, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Ellwood and Elizabeth (Hill) Hughes.
Hughes, Ellwood Clarke was born on August 25, 1855 in Columbia Company, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Ellwood and Elizabeth (Hill) Hughes.
Bachelor of Arts, Carthage (Illinois) College, 1878. Postgraduate Wittenberg College, Springfield, O., 1879.
Taught Latin and Greek in college 2 years. Practiced law in Iowa, 1881-1890, then in Seattle, Washington. Became associate with Henry G. Struve, United States Senator John B. Allen and Maurice McMicken, Stuvre, Allen, Hughes & McMicken.
Now Hughes, McMicken, Ramsey & Rupp.
Was elected president Carthage College, 1883, but declined. Declined nomination for Congress, 1890.
Tendered office of the United States district judge by President Taft, but declined.
Married Emma De Hart, December 30, 1880.