James Madison Hughes

James Madison Hughes was a United States [House of Representatives|U.S. Representative] from Missouri.
Born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, Hughes received a liberal schooling.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar and practiced in Liberty, Missouri.
He also engaged in mercantile pursuits in Liberty.
He served as a member of the Missouri [House of Representatives] in 1839.
Hughes was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress.
He moved to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1855 and engaged in the banking business.
He died in Jefferson [City, Missouri] on February 26, 1861 and was buried at Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis.