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Senator Thomas Hughes View All Years

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Date of Death: 3/11/1881
Birth Place: Catawissa, Pennsylvania
Party Affiliation: Democrat
Assemblies Served:
Senate: 1 (1846)
Home County: Johnson
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Thomas Hughes
Johnson County
Born September 22, 1814, at Catawissa Penn., and died March 11, 1881, in Iowa City. Mr. Hughes came to Iowa in 1838 and to Iowa City in 1841, and was engaged in the printing business. He was a State Senator from Johnson County from 1846 to 1849, and treasurer of Johnson County from 1855-1859. Mr. Hughes was married September 15, 1841, to Miss Louisa King, of Dubuque, Iowa. They had four children. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Iowa City, and a member of I.O.O.F. societies of Iowa City. Mr. Hughes was a soldier in the late civil war, as quartermaster of the 28th regiment of Iowa Volunteer Infantry, commissioned August 15, 1862. He was taken prisoner on the Red River expedition, and was held as such fourteen months at Fort Tyler, Texas. He was a republican in politics since 1856. He was also city clerk of Iowa City for the years 1869-70-71-72-78-79-80.
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Senate District 11
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1st GA (1846)
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1st GA (1846)