Senator from the Twenty-fifth District, composed of the counties of Iowa and Johnson, was born in Columbus, Ohio, October 25, 1841. His parents, both natives of Wales, emigrated from that country in 1840. He moved to Williamsburg in 1857, leaving the Columbus High School to take charge of a general store. Was teaching in the district schools at the opening of the Civil War and enlisted August 15, 1862, in Company Q, Twenty-eighth Iowa Infantry Volunteers, with the rank of sergeant. Participated in the Vicksburg campaign and was honorably discharged June 30, 1865, at Washington, D. C, while on detached services in the War Department. Taught school after his discharge until 1868, when he was elected to the office of Clerk of the District and Circuit Courts, to which office he was re-elected in 1870, 1872 and1874. Admitted to the bar at Marengo in 1875 and practiced his profession until 1884, at which time he entered the banking business, in which he is now engaged. Was a member of the House of Representatives in the Twenty-seventh, Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth General Assemblies. Elected to the Senate in 1903, serving during the Thirtieth, Thirty-first and Thirty-second Assemblies. Introduced the anti-pass bill in the Twenty-eighth General Assembly and each session of the General Assembly until the Thirty-first, when the same became a law. A Republican in politics.

The republicans of Iowa county send to the house this year the Hon. John Hughes, Jr., of Williamsburg. Mr. Hughes is a native of Ohio, born at Columbus, October 25, 1841. When he was 15 years old he came west with his parents, locating in Williamsburg. The son had already a good educational start from the public schools of Columbus. After officiating as clerk in his father's store for some time Mr. Hughes entered the Williamsburg high school; afterwards he attended the high school in Racine, Wis., and the high school in Columbus, Ohio. He began teaching in 1860 and taught for two years, when he enlisted in the army as a private, but was mustered into service as sergeant, in Company G, Twenty-eighth Iowa infantry. He devoted three of the best years of his early manhood to his country, a soldier brave in the hardest battles. When mustered out of service in 1865 he was on detached service in the war department at Washington, D. C. He is now commander of Reese Lloyd post of the G. A. R. At the close of the war he returned to Williamsburg and again taught school in the winter, farming in the summer months. In 1868 he was elected clerk of the courts of Iowa county, and re-elected in 1870, 1872 and 1874. In 1875 he was admitted to the bar, having had to resign official duties owing to impaired health. He practiced law till 1884, when he entered the banking business, as cashier of the Williamsburg Savings bank. He acted in this capacity till 1888, when his health again warned him to seek more active business. He engaged in the fuel and lumber business with a brother, which business he still retains. He was married first in 1866 to Miss Margaret Lloyd, who died in 1885. His second marriage was consummated in 1888, his wife being Mrs. Anna J. Threlkeld. They have one child, Margaret, 6 years old. Mr. and Mrs. Hughes are members of the Presbyterian church, of which he is an elder. He is a member of the Masonic lodge and the G. A. R. With his varied experience in business life, Mr. Hughes will enter the house fitted to ably represent his Iowa county friends. He is a forcible speaker, an active man, and will make himself felt in legislation.

The republicans of Iowa county send to the house this year the Hon. John Hughes, Jr., of Williamsburg. Mr. Hughes is a native of Ohio, born at Columbus, October 25, 1841. When he was 15 years old he came west with his parents, locating in Williamsburg. The son had already a good educational start from the public schools of Columbus. After officiating as clerk in his father's store for some time Mr. Hughes entered the Williamsburg high school; afterwards he attended the high school in Racine, Wis., and the high school in Columbus, Ohio. He began teaching in 1860 and taught for two years, when he enlisted in the army as a private, but was mustered into service as sergeant, in Company G, Twenty-eighth Iowa infantry. He devoted three of the best years of his early manhood to his country, a soldier brave in the hardest battles. When mustered out of service in 1865 he was on detached service in the war department at Washington, D. C. He is now commander of Reese Lloyd post of the G. A. R. At the close of the war he returned to Williamsburg and again taught school in the winter, farming in the summer months. In 1868 he was elected clerk of the courts of Iowa county, and re-elected in 1870, 1872 and 1874. In 1875 he was admitted to the bar, having had to resign official duties owing to impaired health. He practiced law till 1884, when he entered the banking business, as cashier of the Williamsburg Savings bank. He acted in this capacity till 1888, when his health again warned him to seek more active business. He engaged in the fuel and lumber business with a brother, which business he still retains. He was married first in 1866 to Miss Margaret Lloyd, who died in 1885. His second marriage was consummated in 1888, his wife being Mrs. Anna J. Threlkeld. They have one child, Margaret, 6 years old. Mr. and Mrs. Hughes are members of the Presbyterian church, of which he is an elder. He is a member of the Masonic lodge and the G. A. R. With his varied experience in business life, Mr. Hughes will enter the house fitted to ably represent his Iowa county friends. He is a forcible speaker, an active man, and will make himself felt in legislation.

The republicans of Iowa county send to the house this year the Hon. John Hughes, Jr., of Williamsburg. Mr. Hughes is a native of Ohio, born at Columbus, October 25, 1841. When he was 15 years old he came west with his parents, locating in Williamsburg. The son had already a good educational start from the public schools of Columbus. After officiating as clerk in his father's store for some time Mr. Hughes entered the Williamsburg high school; afterwards he attended the high school in Racine, Wis., and the high school in Columbus, Ohio. He began teaching in 1860 and taught for two years, when he enlisted in the army as a private, but was mustered into service as sergeant, in Company G, Twenty-eighth Iowa infantry. He devoted three of the best years of his early manhood to his country, a soldier brave in the hardest battles. When mustered out of service in 1865 he was on detached service in the war department at Washington, D. C. He is now commander of Reese Lloyd post of the G. A. R. At the close of the war he returned to Williamsburg and again taught school in the winter, farming in the summer months. In 1868 he was elected clerk of the courts of Iowa county, and re-elected in 1870, 1872 and 1874. In 1875 he was admitted to the bar, having had to resign official duties owing to impaired health. He practiced law till 1884, when he entered the banking business, as cashier of the Williamsburg Savings bank. He acted in this capacity till 1888, when his health again warned him to seek more active business. He engaged in the fuel and lumber business with a brother, which business he still retains. He was married first in 1866 to Miss Margaret Lloyd, who died in 1885. His second marriage was consummated in 1888, his wife being Mrs. Anna J. Threlkeld. They have one child, Margaret, 6 years old. Mr. and Mrs. Hughes are members of the Presbyterian church, of which he is an elder. He is a member of the Masonic lodge and the G. A. R. With his varied experience in business life, Mr. Hughes will enter the house fitted to ably represent his Iowa county friends. He is a forcible speaker, an active man, and will make himself felt in legislation.

The republicans of Iowa county send to the house this year the Hon. John Hughes, Jr., of Williamsburg. Mr. Hughes is a native of Ohio, born at Columbus, October 25, 1841. When he was 15 years old he came west with his parents, locating in Williamsburg. The son had already a good educational start from the public schools of Columbus. After officiating as clerk in his father's store for some time Mr. Hughes entered the Williamsburg high school; afterwards he attended the high school in Racine, Wis., and the high school in Columbus, Ohio. He began teaching in 1860 and taught for two years, when he enlisted in the army as a private, but was mustered into service as sergeant, in Company G, Twenty-eighth Iowa infantry. He devoted three of the best years of his early manhood to his country, a soldier brave in the hardest battles. When mustered out of service in 1865 he was on detached service in the war department at Washington, D. C. He is now commander of Reese Lloyd post of the G. A. R. At the close of the war he returned to Williamsburg and again taught school in the winter, farming in the summer months. In 1868 he was elected clerk of the courts of Iowa county, and re-elected in 1870, 1872 and 1874. In 1875 he was admitted to the bar, having had to resign official duties owing to impaired health. He practiced law till 1884, when he entered the banking business, as cashier of the Williamsburg Savings bank. He acted in this capacity till 1888, when his health again warned him to seek more active business. He engaged in the fuel and lumber business with a brother, which business he still retains. He was married first in 1866 to Miss Margaret Lloyd, who died in 1885. His second marriage was consummated in 1888, his wife being Mrs. Anna J. Threlkeld. They have one child, Margaret, 6 years old. Mr. and Mrs. Hughes are members of the Presbyterian church, of which he is an elder. He is a member of the Masonic lodge and the G. A. R. With his varied experience in business life, Mr. Hughes will enter the house fitted to ably represent his Iowa county friends. He is a forcible speaker, an active man, and will make himself felt in legislation.

The republicans of Iowa county send to the house this year the Hon. John Hughes, Jr., of Williamsburg. Mr. Hughes is a native of Ohio, born at Columbus, October 25, 1841. When he was 15 years old he came west with his parents, locating in Williamsburg. The son had already a good educational start from the public schools of Columbus. After officiating as clerk in his father's store for some time Mr. Hughes entered the Williamsburg high school; afterwards he attended the high school in Racine, Wis., and the high school in Columbus, Ohio. He began teaching in 1860 and taught for two years, when he enlisted in the army as a private, but was mustered into service as sergeant, in Company G, Twenty-eighth Iowa infantry. He devoted three of the best years of his early manhood to his country, a soldier brave in the hardest battles. When mustered out of service in 1865 he was on detached service in the war department at Washington, D. C. He is now commander of Reese Lloyd post of the G. A. R. At the close of the war he returned to Williamsburg and again taught school in the winter, farming in the summer months. In 1868 he was elected clerk of the courts of Iowa county, and re-elected in 1870, 1872 and 1874. In 1875 he was admitted to the bar, having had to resign official duties owing to impaired health. He practiced law till 1884, when he entered the banking business, as cashier of the Williamsburg Savings bank. He acted in this capacity till 1888, when his health again warned him to seek more active business. He engaged in the fuel and lumber business with a brother, which business he still retains. He was married first in 1866 to Miss Margaret Lloyd, who died in 1885. His second marriage was consummated in 1888, his wife being Mrs. Anna J. Threlkeld. They have one child, Margaret, 6 years old. Mr. and Mrs. Hughes are members of the Presbyterian church, of which he is an elder. He is a member of the Masonic lodge and the G. A. R. With his varied experience in business life, Mr. Hughes will enter the house fitted to ably represent his Iowa county friends. He is a forcible speaker, an active man, and will make himself felt in legislation.