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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Dudley M. Hughes |
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Perry, Georgia , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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October 10, 1848
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| Died | January 20, 1927
(78 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | HUGHES, Dudley Mays, a Representative from Georgia; born in Jeffersonville, Twiggs County, Ga., October 10, 1848; attended the country schools; was graduated from the University of Georgia at Athens in 1870; engaged in agricultural pursuits in 1871; member of the State senate in 1882 and 1883; president of the Georgia State Agricultural Society 1904-1906; commissioner general of Georgia at the World’s Fair, St. Louis, Mo., in 1904; trustee of the Danville School, the State Normal Institute, the University of Georgia, and the Georgia State Agricultural College; president of the Georgia Fruit Growers’ Association; one of the original projectors and builders of the Macon, Dublin & Savannah Railroad and served as president and director; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-first and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1909-March 3, 1917); chairman, Committee on Education (Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1916; engaged in agricultural pursuits in Danville, Ga.; died in Macon, Bibb County, Ga., January 20, 1927; interment in Evergreen Cemetery, Perry, Houston County, Ga.
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