James F. Hughes

Who was James F. Hughes?

James Frederic Hughes was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.

Born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Hughes graduated from West Green Bay High School in 1901. After moving to De Pere, Wisconsin in 1901, he was employed as a salesman. He was a member of the De Pere Board of Education from 1914 to 1937. A delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1920 and 1928, he was a member of the Democratic State central committee and chaired the eighth Wisconsin Democratic congressional committee.

Hughes was elected as a member of the Democratic Party to the 73rd Congress, but chose not to seek renomination in 1934, resuming a post as sales manager in De Pere, Wisconsin. While in congress, he represented Wisconsin's 8th congressional district. He died in a hospital at Rochester, Minnesota, on August 9, 1940 and was interred at Cady Cemetery in Lawrence, near De Pere.