Background
HUCHES, John F. was born on November 26, 1856 in Scott Company, Iowa, United States. Son of John and Eliza (Parks) Hughes.
HUCHES, John F. was born on November 26, 1856 in Scott Company, Iowa, United States. Son of John and Eliza (Parks) Hughes.
Country Common School. College, studied Law.
Dakota Taught School. Admitted to bar, 1882. Practiced in all courts.
Elected Member, Board Education, Pierre, South Dakota, 1888, re-elected 1890 and 1892. Appointed Chairman. Board of Company Commissioners, Hughes Company, 1891, re-elected 1892 and 1894. Appointed Receiver Public Monies and Disbursing Agent of United States Land Office, Pierre.
South Dakota, by President, 1893-1898. Referee in Bankruptcy, by United States District Judge. Attorney for Governor.
Lee, 1897- 1900; City Attorney, Fort Pierre, 4 years. Elected State's Attorney. Stanley Company, 1904, re-elected 1906-1908.
Elected Judge, Sixth Judicial Circuit Court, South Dakota, 1910, and re-elected every four years since. Author of Law Proofs in Supreme and United States Circuit Court of Appeals.
Member, K. of 0. Club: Fort Pierre Commercial.
Spouse Helen Feeney, June 29, 1886, Pierre, S.