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William Henry Hughes (September 30, 1864 – November 11, 1903) was an American businessman and politician from New York. ==Life== He was born on September 30, 1864, in Chapmanville, Venango County, Pennsylvania. He owned stone quarries in New York and Vermont, and was a wholesale dealer in slate.〔(''The New York Red Book'' ) by Edgar L. Murlin (1903; pg. 145)〕 Hughes was Quartermaster General of the State Militia from 1897 to 1898.〔(''THE STAFF OF GOV. BLACK'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on December 13, 1896〕 He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Washington Co.) in 1902 and 1903;〔(''Official New York from Cleveland to Hughes'' ) by Charles Elliott Fitch (Hurd Publishing Co., New York and Buffalo, 1911, Vol. IV; pg. 346 and 348)〕 and was Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs in 1903. On September 17, 1903, he filed schedules in bankruptcy.〔(''Assemblyman Hughes a Bankrupt'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on September 18, 1903〕 On November 3, 1903, he was re-elected to the State Assembly. He hanged himself on November 11, 1903, at his home in Granville, New York;〔(''GEN. HUGHES A SUICIDE'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on November 12, 1903〕 and was buried at the Elmwood Cemetery in Middle Granville. 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「William H. Hughes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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