He left the Supreme Court. He ran for president. Then he went back to the Supreme Court. When of the finest minds on the courts. Why use . Andrew jackson said that he looks like god and talks like god. Charles evans hughes the republican president ial nominee soon after the national convention. Tonight, we looked at the life and legacy of Charles Evans hughes who was a twoterm governor, secretary of state, and twice a Supreme Court justice. He was perhaps best known as one of the coauthors of the new deal. Were broadcasting live across from the capitol. He inaugurated this building when it first opened in 1935. Let me introduce you to our guests this evening were joining us to talk about the life and legacy of Charles Evans hughes. My first guest is an historian, and bernadette higher Bernadette Tyler is a professor at Cornell Law School. I want you to set the stage for us. 1916, Woodrow Wilson wants to be reelected. Frame what was going on in the country and the president ial campaign
Tweets. A. M. Easternt 8 00 on washington journal and American History tv on cspan3. Hughes is what we claim we want in a president ial candidate and president. The man who did get it a man , named Charles Evans hughes. He had been governor of new york and a Supreme Court justice. He had all but won the election. When Woodrow Wilson went to bed that Election Night, he thought he was beaten. If he had been elected, how American History goes on in several Different Directions on suffrage for women, civil rights, what you do in Foreign Policy. He is the one you could write novels about. You had Charles Evans hughes, who was on the Supreme Court. He left the Supreme Court. He ran for president. Then he went back to the Supreme Court. One of the finest minds on the court. A fellow justice called hughes the greatest in a great line of Supreme Court justices. Why hughes . Jackson said that hughes looks like god and talks like god. [laughter] Charles Evans hughes the republican president ial n
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