James A. Hughes
James A Hughes
- Huntington. M. C. Fifth District. Born Corunna,
Ont. Feb. 27, 1861. Removed to Ashland, Ky., 1873, and
engaged in general merchandise business until 1881.
Elected to Ky. Legislature 1887-88. Removed to
Huntington 1892. Elected to W. Va. State Senate term
1894 - 98. Elected to 57th Congress in 1902;
Re-elected to the 59th Congress in 1904. Politically a
Republican. Identified with Lumber, Coal and Oil
Interests. In 1892 organized the West Virginia Savings
Bank & Trust Co., of Huntington. Master, Mason and
B. P. O. E.
Source:
Progressive West Virginians Some of the Men Who have
Built Up and Developed the State of West Virginia.
Compiled by Robert E. Murphy. Published in 1905 by The
Wheeling News, Wheeling, West Va.
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