district state_senate death_place death_date predecessor birth_place successor party profession term_end birth_date term_start residence article_title state name restingplace alma_mater
12th 3rd georgia macon , georgia 20 january 1927 '' new seat '' elijah b. lewis jeffersonville , georgia william w. larsen charles r. crisp democratic politician , farmer , railroad executive march 1883 3 , 1917 march 3 , 1913 c. 10 october 1848 march 1882 4 , 1913 march 4 , 1909 c. danville , georgia dudley mays hughes
 georgia georgia dudley mays hughes evergreen cemetery perry , georgia university of georgia
dudley mays hughes

dudley mays hughes -lrb- october 10 , 1848 -- january 20 , 1927 -rrb- was an american politician , farmer and railroad executive .
hughes was born in jeffersonville , georgia , and attended the university of georgia in athens .
in 1882 , hughes was elected to the georgia senate 1883 and reelected the next year .
from 1904 to 1906 , he served as the president of the georgia state agricultural society .
in 1905 , he became a uga trustee and remained on that board until his death .
he also served on the board of trustees for the danville school , the georgia state normal institute and the georgia state agricultural college .
hughes was involved in several business including magnolia orchard and the georgia fruit land company .
he served as president of the georgia fruit growers association .
after serving as one of the original founders of the macon , dublin & savannah railroad chartered in 1885 , hughes served as its president until 1891 and as a director .
in 1906 , hughes ran as a democrat against incumbent elijah b. lewis in georgia 's 3rd congressional district in the united states house of representatives and lost .
in 1908 , hughes ran against lewis again and won .
he served four consecutive terms in office ; however , the georgia general assembly reapportioned the congressional districts in 1912 , and hughes district became georgia 's 12th congressional district .
hughes lost his bid for reelection in 1916 .
he returned to farming in danville , georgia , and died in macon , georgia , in 1927 .
he was buried in evergreen cemetery in perry , georgia .
