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William Henry Hughes (September 30, 1864 – November 11, 1903) was an American businessman and politician from New York.
He was born on September 30, 1864, in Chapmanville, Venango County, Pennsylvania. He owned stone quarries in New York and Vermont, and was a wholesale dealer in slate.[1]
Hughes was Quartermaster General of the State Militia from 1897 to 1898.[2]
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Washington Co.) in 1902 and 1903;[3] and was Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs in 1903.
On September 17, 1903, he filed schedules in bankruptcy.[4] On November 3, 1903, he was re-elected to the State Assembly. He hanged himself on November 11, 1903, at his home in Granville, New York;[5] and was buried at the Elmwood Cemetery in Middle Granville.
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