William Clark Hughes
 William Clark Hughes (January 31 1868 - August 29 1930) was a Louisiana Democrat who served from 1926 to 1928 as the Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives. He represented Bossier Parish in the lower house of the legislature from 1904 until his accidental death in 1930.Hughes was born in the Rocky Mount community of Bossier Parish to William Josiah Hughes (1837-1921) a captain in the Confederate Army and the former Mary Ann Clark (1843-1923).