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Hughes, Charles Evans

Hughes, Charles Evans (hyOOz) [key], 1862–1948, American statesman and jurist, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1910–16), U.S. Secretary of State (1921–25), and eleventh Chief Justice of the United States (1930–41), b. Glens Falls, N.Y.

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