Education
Hugo attended Queen"s College (now Queen"s University) at Kingston and held Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees.
Hugo attended Queen"s College (now Queen"s University) at Kingston and held Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees.
He also earned a law degree from Cornell University. He was Mayor of Watertown, New New York He was a delegate to the 1912 Republican National Convention.
In 1912, he ran for Secretary of State of New York but was defeated by Democrat Mitchell May.
He was Secretary of State of New York from 1915 to 1920, elected in 1914, 1916 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, Incorporated. to screen non-commercial films, a function similar to that performed by Will H. Hays for commercial films.