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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyWilliam John HUGHES
(1932- )
HUGHES, William John, a
Representative from New Jersey; born in Salem, Salem County, N.J.,
October 17, 1932; attended public schools; A.B., Rutgers
University, New Brunswick, N.J., 1955; J.D., Rutgers Law School,
Camden, N.J., 1958; admitted to the New Jersey bar in 1959 and
commenced practice in Ocean City; served as township solicitor for
Upper Township, N.J., 1959-1961; appointed assistant prosecutor for
Cape May County, N.J., 1960; reappointed as first assistant
prosecutor in 1961 and served until the spring of 1970;
unsuccessful candidate for election in 1970 to the Ninety-second
Congress; appointed by the Supreme Court of New Jersey to the
Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics, 1972; elected as a
Democrat to the Ninety-fourth and to the nine succeeding Congresses
(January 3, 1975-January 3, 1995); one of the managers appointed by
the House of Representatives in 1986 to conduct the impeachment
proceedings against Harry E. Claiborne, judge of the United States
District Court for Nevada; not a candidate for reelection to the
One Hundred Fourth Congress; United States Ambassador to Panama,
1995 to 1998; is a resident of Ocean City, N.J.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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