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| − | '''Charles Evans Hughes''' (b. 1862, d. 1948) served as a [[Republican]] Governor of New York (1907-1910) after defeating [[William Randolph Hearst]], was narrowly defeated for president by Democrat Woodrow Wilson in 1916, served as Secretary of State under the Republican Administrations of [[Warren G. Harding]] and [[Calvin Coolidge]] in the 1920s, and served as Associate Justice (1910-1916)and as Chief Justice of the United States (1930-1941). | + | '''Charles Evans Hughes''' (b. 1862, d. 1948) served as a [[Republican]] Governor of New York (1907-1910) after defeating [[William Randolph Hearst]], was narrowly defeated for [[President]] by Democrat [[Woodrow Wilson]] in 1916, served as [[Secretary of State]] under the Republican Administrations of [[Warren G. Harding]] and [[Calvin Coolidge]] in the 1920s, and served as Associate Justice (1910-1916)and as Chief Justice of the United States (1930-1941). |
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| − | Hughes favored joining the [[League of Nations]], and convened the [[Washington Conference]] in 1921 to disarm the major countries. He was a "moderate" Republican like Republicans from the northeast today, and was not as conservative as President Harding. As Chief Justice, Hughes opposed President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]]'s [[court-packing]] plan, but relented to the New Deal and upheld some of it. | + | Hughes favored joining the [[League of Nations]], and convened the [[Washington Conference]] in 1921 to disarm the major countries. He was a "moderate" Republican like Republicans from the northeast today, and was not as conservative as President Harding. As Chief Justice, Hughes opposed President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]]'s [[court-packing]] plan, but relented to the [[New Deal]] and upheld some of it. |
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| | Bored by public school at age 6, Hughes requested that his parents homeschool him. His parents homeschooled Hughes from age 6 to about age 12, and when Hughes then enrolled in public school, he progressed so quickly that he graduated from high school at age 13. | | Bored by public school at age 6, Hughes requested that his parents homeschool him. His parents homeschooled Hughes from age 6 to about age 12, and when Hughes then enrolled in public school, he progressed so quickly that he graduated from high school at age 13. |
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| − | Hughes was a Baptist. | + | Hughes was a [[Baptist]]. |
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