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4c Charles Evans Hughes single
Object Details
- Description
- This Charles Evans Hughes Issue stamp features a portrait of Charles Evan Hughes. He was a lawyer and politician that served in a variety of roles, including Governor of New York. He was appointed to the Supreme Court by President William Howard Taft in 1910. He signed from the court in 1916 in order to run for President, but lost to Woodrow Wilson to become the Republican Party’s nominee. He served as Secretary of State under President Warren G. Harding and later was appointed as Chief Justice of the United States by President Herbert Hoover.
- United States; New York; Charles Evans Hughes; statesman; lawyer; politician; professor; governor; Supreme Court; associate; chief; justice; president; William Howard Taft; Woodrow Wilson; Warren G. Harding; Herbert Hoover; Republican; Progressive; portrait
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- April 11, 1962
- Object number
- 1980.2493.5410
- Printer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Depicts
- Charles Evans Hughes, American, 1862 - 1948
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (black on buff); adhesive / engraving
- Place
- United States of America
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 1195
- Topic
- Political Figures
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1980.2493.5410
- Usage
- Usage conditions apply
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