lieutenant death_date children birth_date signature appointer term_end alma_mater death_place term_start order spouse image name predecessor birth_place party office successor religion article_title
lewis chanler horace white 27 august 1948 4 -lrb- charles -rrb- 11 april 1862 charles evans hughes signature.svg herbert hoover warren harding calvin coolidge william taft june 10 , 1916 october 6 , 1910 30 , 1941 march 4 , 1925 june madison university brown university columbia university osterville , massachusetts , u.s. february 10 , 1910 january 1 , 1907 13 , 1930 march 5 , 1921 october 36th governor of new york antoinette carter charles evans hughes cph.3b15401.jpg charles hughes william taft bainbridge colby david brewer frank higgins glens falls , new york , u.s. republican 11th states secretary of state associate justice of the supreme court chief of the united states justice of the united states 44th united harlan stone frank kellogg john clarke horace white baptist charles evans hughes

charles evans hughes

charles evans hughes sr. -lrb- april 11 , 1862 -- august 27 , 1948 -rrb- was an american statesman , lawyer , and republican politician from new york .
he served as the 36th governor of new york -lrb- 1907 -- 1910 -rrb- , associate justice of the supreme court of the united states -lrb- 1910 -- 1916 -rrb- , united states secretary of state -lrb- 1921 -- 1925 -rrb- , a judge on the court of international justice -lrb- 1928 -- 1930 -rrb- , and the 11th chief justice of the united states -lrb- 1930 -- 1941 -rrb- .
he was the republican nominee in the 1916 u.s. presidential election , losing narrowly to incumbent president woodrow wilson .
hughes was a professor in the 1890s , a staunch supporter of britain 's new liberalism , an important leader of the progressive movement of the 20th century , a leading diplomat and new york lawyer in the days of harding and coolidge , and was known for being a swing voter when dealing with cases related to the new deal in the 1930s .
historian clinton rossiter has hailed him as a leading american conservative .
