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James A. Hughes
Frontispiece of 1930's James A. Hughes, Late a Representative

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia
In office March 4, 1927 – March 2, 1930
Preceded by	Harry C. Woodyard
Succeeded by	Robert Lynn Hogg
Constituency	4th district
In office March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1915
Preceded by	Romeo H. Freer
Succeeded by	Edward Cooper
Constituency	4th district (1901–1903) 5th district (1903–1915)
Member of the West Virginia Senate from the 6th district
In office December 1, 1894 – February 1898
Preceded by	James H. Marcum
Succeeded by	James H. Marcum

Personal details
Born	James Anthony Hughes (1861-02-27)February 27, 1861 near Corunna, Province of Canada
Died	March 2, 1930(1930-03-02) (aged 69) Marion, Ohio, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Ida Belle Vinson (m. 1885)
Children	2, including Eloise

James Anthony Hughes (February 27, 1861 – March 2, 1930) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of West Virginia.

Hughes was born near Corunna in the Province of Canada (in what is now Ontario). He immigrated to the United States as a youth, graduating from business school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1875. He worked as a bank messenger, travelling salesman, and a businessman before being elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1888, serving a two-year term. He was a member of the West Virginia Senate from 1894 to 1898. In 1896, Hughes was appointed postmaster of Huntington, West Virginia. He was a delegate to every Republican National Convention from 1892 to 1924.

In 1900, Hughes was elected as a Republican to the U.S. House of Representatives in the 4th congressional district. After his first term, he represented West Virginia's 5th, and was elected six additional times before choosing not to run again in 1914. During his time as a Representative, he served as chair of the Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings and as chair of the Committee on Accounts. After eleven years of retirement he was re-elected to the House in 1926 for the 4th congressional district. He served two terms before dying in office on March 2, 1930, in Marion, Ohio. He was interred in Spring Hill Cemetery in Huntington.

Hughes was, through his marriage to Belle Vinson, a member of the Vinson political family. His daughter, Eloise Hughes Smith, was among the survivors of the RMS Titanic disaster. Her husband, Lucian P. Smith, died in the sinking. She later married another Titanic survivor, Robert Daniel.

References

- United States Congress. "James A. Hughes (id: H000924)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
"James Hughes, former Representative for West Virginia's 4th Congressional District - GovTrack.us". GovTrack.us. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
"Mrs. Eloise Hughes Smith Reweds". New York Times. April 11, 1923. Retrieved June 21, 2007. Mrs. Cort's first husband, Lucien P. Smith of Uniontown, Pa., was drowned when the Titanic sunk and the encounter in mid-ocean between Daniel and his widow culminated several years later in their marriage.

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byRomeo H. Freer	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia's 4th congressional district 1901–1903	Succeeded byHarry C. Woodyard
Preceded byNone	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia's 5th congressional district 1903–1915	Succeeded byEdward Cooper
Preceded byHarry C. Woodyard	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia's 4th congressional district 1927–1930	Succeeded byRobert Lynn Hogg

v t e Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia
1st district	Blair C. Hubbard Duval J. J. Davis B. Wilson Goff Pendleton Atkinson Pendleton Dovener W. Hubbard J. W. Davis Neely Rosenbloom Bachmann Ramsay Schiffler Ramsay Schiffler Neely Love Ramsay R. Mollohan Moore R. Mollohan A. Mollohan McKinley C. Miller
2nd district	Brown Sr. Latham Kitchen McGrew Hagans Faulkner Martin Hoge W. Wilson Dayton T. Davis Sturgiss Brown Jr. Bowers Allen Bowman Randolph M. Snyder Staggers Sr. Benedict Staggers Jr. Wise Capito Mooney Moore
3rd district	Whaley Polsley Witcher Hereford Kenna C. Snyder Alderson Huling Dorr Johnston Gaines Littlepage Avis Littlepage Reed Wolverton O'Brien Wolverton Hornor Edmiston Rohrbough Bailey Rohrbough Bailey Slack Hutchinson Staton Wise Rahall Jenkins C. Miller
4th district	Gibson C. Hogg Jackson C. Smith Capehart W. Miller Freer Hughes Woodyard Hamilton Moss Woodyard Johnson Woodyard Hughes R. Hogg Johnson Ellis Burnside Neal Burnside Neal Hechler Rahall
5th district	Hughes Cooper Goodykoontz Lilly Strother Shott John Kee E. Kee James Kee
6th district	Littlepage Echols Taylor England J. Smith Hedrick Byrd Slack
At-large	Sutherland

West Virginia's delegation(s) to the 57th–71st United States Congress (ordered by seniority)

57th	Senate: ▌S. Elkins (R) ▌N. Scott (R)	House: ▌A. Dayton (R) ▌B. Dovener (R) ▌J. Gaines (R) ▌J. Hughes (R)
58th	Senate: ▌S. Elkins (R) ▌N. Scott (R)	House: ▌A. Dayton (R) ▌B. Dovener (R) ▌J. Gaines (R) ▌J. Hughes (R) ▌H. Woodyard (R)
59th	Senate: ▌S. Elkins (R) ▌N. Scott (R)	House: ▌A. Dayton (R) ▌B. Dovener (R) ▌J. Gaines (R) ▌J. Hughes (R) ▌H. Woodyard (R) ▌T. Davis (D)
60th	Senate: ▌S. Elkins (R) ▌N. Scott (R)	House: ▌J. Gaines (R) ▌J. Hughes (R) ▌H. Woodyard (R) ▌W. Hubbard (R) ▌G. Sturgiss (R)
61st	Senate: ▌S. Elkins (R) ▌N. Scott (R) ▌D. Elkins (R) ▌C. Watson (D)	House: ▌J. Gaines (R) ▌J. Hughes (R) ▌H. Woodyard (R) ▌W. Hubbard (R) ▌G. Sturgiss (R)
62nd	Senate: ▌C. Watson (D) ▌W. Chilton (D)	House: ▌J. Hughes (R) ▌W. Brown Jr. (D) ▌J. Davis (D) ▌J. Hamilton (D) ▌A. Littlepage (D)
63rd	Senate: ▌W. Chilton (D) ▌N. Goff Jr. (R)	House: ▌J. Hughes (R) ▌W. Brown Jr. (D) ▌J. Davis (D) ▌S. Avis (R) ▌H. Moss Jr. (R) ▌H. Sutherland (R) ▌M. Neely (D)
64th	Senate: ▌W. Chilton (D) ▌N. Goff Jr. (R)	House: ▌H. Woodyard (R) ▌W. Brown Jr. (D) ▌H. Moss Jr. (R) ▌H. Sutherland (R) ▌M. Neely (D) ▌A. Littlepage (D) ▌E. Cooper (R) ▌G. Bowers (R)
65th	Senate: ▌N. Goff Jr. (R) ▌H. Sutherland (R)	House: ▌H. Woodyard (R) ▌M. Neely (D) ▌A. Littlepage (D) ▌E. Cooper (R) ▌G. Bowers (R) ▌S. Reed (R)
66th	Senate: ▌H. Sutherland (R) ▌D. Elkins (R)	House: ▌H. Woodyard (R) ▌M. Neely (D) ▌G. Bowers (R) ▌S. Reed (R) ▌L. Echols (R) ▌W. Goodykoontz (R)
67th	Senate: ▌H. Sutherland (R) ▌D. Elkins (R)	House: ▌H. Woodyard (R) ▌G. Bowers (R) ▌S. Reed (R) ▌L. Echols (R) ▌W. Goodykoontz (R) ▌B. Rosenbloom (R)
68th	Senate: ▌D. Elkins (R) ▌M. Neely (D)	House: ▌S. Reed (R) ▌B. Rosenbloom (R) ▌R. Allen (D) ▌G. Johnson (D) ▌T. Lilly (D) ▌A. Taylor (D)
69th	Senate: ▌M. Neely (D) ▌G. Goff (R)	House: ▌H. Woodyard (R) ▌A. Taylor (D) ▌C. Bachmann (R) ▌F. Bowman (R) ▌J. Strother (R) ▌J. Wolverton (R)
70th	Senate: ▌M. Neely (D) ▌G. Goff (R)	House: ▌J. Hughes (R) ▌C. Bachmann (R) ▌F. Bowman (R) ▌J. Strother (R) ▌E. England (R) ▌W. O'Brien (D)
71st	Senate: ▌G. Goff (R) ▌H. Hatfield (R)	House: ▌J. Hughes (R) ▌C. Bachmann (R) ▌F. Bowman (R) ▌J. Wolverton (R) ▌H. Shott (R) ▌J. Smith (D) ▌R. Hogg (R)

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