Thomas Hurst Hughes (January 10, 1769 – November 10, 1839) was a U.S. Representative from New Jersey; born in the Cold Spring section of Lower Township, Cape May County, New Jersey, January 10, 1769; attended the public schools; moved to Cape May City in 1800 and engaged in the mercantile business; in 1816 he built Congress Hall, a hotel which he conducted for many summer seasons; sheriff of Cape May County 1801–1804; member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1805 to 1807, 1809, 1812, and 1813, and a member of the New Jersey Legislative Council (now the New Jersey Senate) from 1819 to 1823 and in 1824 and 1825; elected as an Anti-Jacksonian candidate to the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses, serving in office from March 4, 1829 to March 3, 1833); was not a candidate for renomination in 1832; resumed the hotel business; died in Cold Spring, N.J., November 10, 1839; interment in Cold Spring Presbyterian Cemetery.[1]
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Speaker: Michael Stowers, Monticello Guide Wormley's name in Jefferson's hand. A view of the Rivanna River near Monticello. 3D recreation of the stables at Monticello. The vegetable garden at Monticello Jefferson's 1809 sketch for oval flower beds and windingflower walk. The West Front of Monticello with oval beds to the side. The obelisk marker for Jefferson's grave at Monticello.
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This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.
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| Preceded by Ebenezer Tucker |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's at-large congressional district 1829–1833 |
Succeeded by Ferdinand S. Schenck |
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