James Hughes
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Hughes was nominated to the Court of Claims by President James Buchanan. He was commissioned on January 20, 1860. He resigned from the court in December, 1864.[1]
Education
- Indiana University
- U.S. Military Academy
- Read law, 1842
Professional career
- Private practice, Bloomington and Bedford, Indiana, 1842-
- U.S. Army Lieutenant, Mexican War
- Judge, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Indiana, 1852-1956
- Professor of law, Indiana University, 1853-1856
- U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1857-1859
- Member, Indiana House of Representatives, 1864-1866
- Cotton agent, U.S. Department of Treasury, 1866-1868
- Member, Indiana State Senate, 1868-1869
- Private practice, Bloomington, Indiana, 1869-1873
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