Background
Hughes was born near Corunna, Ontario, Canada.
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He immigrated to the United States as a youth, graduating from business school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1875. He worked as a bank messenger, travelling salesman, and a businessman before being elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1888, serving a two-year term. In 1896, Hughes was appointed postmaster of Huntington, West Virginia.
He was a delegate to every Republican National Convention from 1892 to 1924.
In 1900, Hughes was elected as a Republican to the United States. House of Representatives and was elected six additional times before choosing not to run again in 1914. During his time as a Representative, he served as chair of the Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings and as chair of the Committee on Accounts.
After eleven years of retirement he was re-elected to the House in 1926. He served two terms before dying in office on March 2, 1930, in Marion, Ohio.
He was interred in Spring Hill Cemetery in Huntington.
Her husband, Lucien P. Smith, died in the sinking.
Membership
He was a member of the West Virginia Senate from 1894 to 1898.
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Political Party
Republican party