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  Hughes, William J. "Bill"
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NameWilliam J. "Bill" Hughes
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Ocean City, New Jersey , United States
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Born October 17, 1932
DiedOctober 30, 2019 (87 years)
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InfoHUGHES, 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.


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  10/03/1995 US Ambassador to Panama Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/03/1992 NJ District 2 Won 55.89% (+14.41%)
  11/06/1990 NJ District 2 Won 88.16% (+76.32%)
  11/08/1988 NJ District 2 Won 65.73% (+32.62%)
  11/04/1986 NJ District 2 Won 68.26% (+39.62%)
  06/03/1986 NJ District 2 - D Primary Won 95.11% (+90.22%)
  11/06/1984 NJ District 2 Won 63.24% (+26.47%)
  11/02/1982 NJ District 2 Won 68.04% (+36.89%)
  11/04/1980 NJ District 2 Won 57.46% (+16.28%)
  11/07/1978 NJ District 2 Won 66.43% (+32.85%)
  11/02/1976 NJ District 2 Won 61.72% (+23.44%)
  06/08/1976 NJ District 2 - D Primary Won 89.51% (+79.02%)
  11/05/1974 NJ District 2 Won 57.31% (+16.03%)
  06/07/1974 NJ District 2 - D Primary Won 54.97% (+32.60%)
  11/03/1970 NJ District 2 Lost 48.32% (-3.36%)
  06/02/1970 NJ District 2 - D Primary Won 61.48% (+32.76%)
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