Vernal Express | 1948-09-15 | Page 10 | Death Came:

DEATH CAME charles E hughes regally bearded charles evans hughes came within a whisker 3 ker ken of I 1 being elected the 2 president of the united states in 1916 1910 I 1 I 1 at that time he was a crusty unbending academic man and rt it was probably because of that temperament pe that he icat lost the d race to woodrow wilson in one of the closest elections in history Is electoral votes to zu vote was the deciding factor in the final result and hughes lost that when he incensed th the L cail cali california governor by falling failing to visit him while on a tour of odthe the state but charles E hughes was nev e erth rth eless as near to being a great klent man as most people ever get and he mellowed with time he ile was the only american liken i ever to be appointed twice toA to th helm helt elU etu S supreme court once ln and again in 1930 0 when he returned to preside as chief justice j he lie was twice governor of new york his native e state re resigning a signing the tiie position during his second term t rm to become a su supreme premer court associate justice I 1 injury iii In July 1941 1641 he retired from the supreme bench to withdraw into private ilfe life beaw between een that time and august AiJi giust of this year hie he made only one public appearance to attend the e funeral services of harlan harian fiske stone another chief justice in april 1945 1946 late last month charles evans hughes 86 years old died of congestive heart failure i I 1