Background
Hughes, Charles Evans was born on November 30, 1889 in New York City. Son of Charles Evans (late retired Chief Justice of United States) and Antoinette (Carter) H.
Hughes, Charles Evans was born on November 30, 1889 in New York City. Son of Charles Evans (late retired Chief Justice of United States) and Antoinette (Carter) H.
Graduate Collegiate School, New York City, 1905. Bachelor of Arts, Brown, 1909, Doctor of Laws, 1937. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1912.
Editor in chief Harvard Law Review 1911-1912. Admitted to New York bar, 1913, and began practice at New York City. With Byrne & Cutcheon, 1912-1913.
Law secretary to Justice Benjamin North. Cardozo, 1914.
With Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, 1914-1916. Member Hughes, Rounds, Schurman & Dwight, later Hughes, Schurman & Dwight, 1917-1929 and 1930-1937, and Hughes, Richards, Hubbard & Ewing, now Hughes, Hubbard & Ewing, since 1937.
Solicitor General of the United States June 1, 1929-April 1930 (resigned upon appointment of father as Chief Justice of the United States). Director New York Life Insurance Company, 1930-1934.
Private, batt. sergeant major and Second lieutenant Field Artillery, United States Army, 1917-1919.
Member New York City Charter Revision Commission, 1935-1936. Fellow Brown University. Member American and New York State bar associations, Association Bar City New York, New York County Lawyers Association (president 1936-1938), Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Upsilon.
Clubs: University, Century Association, Harvard, Brown, Saint Andrews Golf, Down Town (New York).
Married Marjory Bruce Stuart, June 17, 1914. Children: Charles Evans 3d, Henry Stuart, Helen, Marjory Bruce.