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Robert William Hughes
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia · 1874
Robert William Hughes , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Robert William Hughes (January 16, 1821 – December 10, 1901) was a Virginia newspaper editor, attorney and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
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Career
Private practice, Richmond, Virginia, 1846-1853; Editor, Richmond [Virginia] Examiner, 1853-1857, 1861-1865; Editor, Washington [D.C.] Union, 1857-1861; Editor, Richmond [Virginia] Republic, 1865-1866; Private practice, Virginia, 1866-1869; Editor, Richmond [Virginia] State Journal, 1869-1870; Private practice, Abingdon, Virginia, 1870-1871; U.S. attorney for the Western District of Virginia, 1871-1873
Biography
Robert William Hughes (January 16, 1821 – December 10, 1901) was a Virginia newspaper editor, attorney and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
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