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Francis Wade Hughes

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Early life and education
Career
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Notes
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| office = Attorney General of Pennsylvania
| termstart = March 14, 1853
| termend = January 17, 1855
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| predecessor = James Campbell
| successor = Thomas E. Franklin
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| predecessor2 = Alexander L. Russell
| successor2 = Charles Alexander Black
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| predecessor3 = James Mathers
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Francis Wade Hughes (August 10, 1817{{snd}}October 20, 1885) was an American lawyer and politician from Pennsylvania. He served as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania Senate for the 8th district from 1843 to 1844. He served as Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from 1852 to 1853 and as Attorney General of Pennsylvania from 1853 to 1855. Although pro-Union, he was tarred as a secessionist "traitor" in the press during the 1862 elections, ending his political career. During the 1870s, he was the chief prosecutor in the Molly Maguires trials.

Early life and education

Hughes was born the fifth and youngest child of John Hughes and Hannah Bartholomew. He studied law in Pottsville, Schuylkill County and Philadelphia. He was admitted to the bar of Schuylkill County in 1837.{{sfn|Roberts|1904|p=286}}

Career

He was appointed Deputy Attorney General^[1] of the county in 1839. He would resign three times and be reappointed over the next eleven years.{{sfn|Roberts|1904|p=287}}

Hughes was elected to the Pennsylvania Senate for the 8th district and served from 1843 to 1844. In 1852 he was appointed Secretary of the Commonwealth, which he resigned in 1853 to become Attorney General.

As chairman of the 1862 Democratic State Committee, Hughes was singled out for vilification. His family ties in the Confederacy were played up, and worse, a draft resolution he authored (but never introduced) for the 1860 convention, suggesting Pennsylvania might secede, was attacked. Hughes was forced to resign, and never returned to politics.{{sfn|Shankman|1971}}{{sfn|Broadwater|2008}}{{sfn|Bulik|2014}}

In 1876 he was the chief prosecutor in the Molly Maguires cases. He had previously never prosecuted homicide cases and frequently defended with success those facing capital punishment.{{sfn|Roberts|1904|p=287}}

He is interred at the Charles Baber Cemetery in Pottsville, Pennsylvania.^[2]

Personal life

He married Sarah Silliman, of Pottsville, in 1839.{{sfn|Roberts|1904|p=287}}

Notes

1. ^Today called District Attorney.
2. ^{{cite web |title=Francis Wade Hughes |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52998376/francis-wade-hughes |website=www.findagrave.com |accessdate=9 March 2019}}

References

Citations

Bibliography

{{cite book|title=Did Lincoln and the Republican Party Create the Civil War?: An Argument|first=Robert P.|last=Broadwater|publisher=McFarland|year=2008|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hlaQBQAAQBAJ&lpg=PA94&ots=ljk_K0Tvqo&dq=%22francis%20w%20hughes%22%20traitor&pg=PA94#v=onepage&q=%22francis%20w%20hughes%22%20traitor&f=false|isbn=|location=|pages=|ref=harv}}
{{cite book|title=The Sons of Molly Maguire: The Irish Roots of America's First Labor War|first=Mark|last=Bulik|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2014|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r7WnBQAAQBAJ&lpg=PT163&ots=51YusUO7U5&dq=%22francis%20w%20hughes%22%20traitor&pg=PT162#v=onepage&q=%22francis%20w%20hughes%22%20traitor&f=false|isbn=|location=|pages=|ref=harv}}
{{cite book|title=Biographical Annals of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|volume=1|first=Ellwood|last=Roberts|publisher=T. S. Benham|year=1904|location=Montgomery County|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U8Y4AQAAMAAJ&dq=%22francis%20wade%20hughes%22&pg=PA287#v=onepage&q=%22francis%20wade%20hughes%22&f=false|isbn=|pages=|ref=harv}}
{{cite journal|title=Francis W. Hughes and the 1862 Pennsylvania Election|first=Arnold|last=Shankman|work=The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography|volume=95|issue=3|date=July 1971|pages=383–393|jstor=20090572|ref=harv|url=|journal=|via=}}

External links

{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=4786&body=S|title=Pennsylvania State Senate: Francis Wade Hughes|publisher=Pennsylvania General Assembly|accessdate=2015-05-15}}

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