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Richard Joseph Hughes (August 10, 1909December 7, 1992) was an American Democratic Party politician, who served as the 45th Governor of New Jersey from 1962 to 1970, and as Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1973–1979. Hughes is the only person to have served New Jersey as both Governor and Chief Justice.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The United States Attorney's Office: District of New Jersey – A Rich History of Public Service )〕 ==Biography== He was born into an Irish-American family on August 10, 1909, in Florence Township, New Jersey. Hughes graduated from St. Joseph's College in Philadelphia and the New Jersey Law School, now Rutgers School of Law–Newark. He was a member of Phi Kappa Theta fraternity. He was a federal prosecutor at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey, county court judge from 1948–1952, and a superior court judge from 1952–1961. After serving as Governor of New Jersey from 1962 to 1970, he served as the Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1973–1979, having been nominated for the post by his successor, William T. Cahill. When Hughes was Chief Justice, the court issued a unanimous ruling in the case of Karen Ann Quinlan, allowing an individual the right to refuse medical treatment and the right of a guardian to exercise that right if the patient cannot.〔 Hughes was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention from New Jersey in 1948 (as an alternate), 1968 and 1972. Many credit the fact that then-President Lyndon B. Johnson had a very close friendship with Hughes, as one reason that Atlantic City hosted the 1964 Democratic National Convention. Hughes was one of three final candidates considered by Vice President and Presidential nominee Hubert Humphrey to be the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1968. He died of congestive heart failure in 1992 in Boca Raton, Florida. He was interred at the St. Mary's Cemetery, Trenton, New Jersey in Trenton, New Jersey. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richard J. Hughes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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