Hughes, Robert W. (Robert William), 1821-1901
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Robert William Hughes served as U. S. District Attorney for the Western District of Virginia in 1871-1873. In 1873 was nominated to U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia and served there until his retirement in 1888.
Robert William Hughes was born at Muddy Creek Plantation, Powhatan County, Va. in 1821. His parents died in 1822 and he was raised by Edward C. Carrington and Eliza Preston Carrington. He attended Caldwell Institute, Greensboro, N.C. and studied law in Fincastle, Va. He married Eliza M. Johnston, niece of Joseph E. Johnston and the adopted daughter and niece of John B. Floyd. Hughes' son was Robert Morton Hughes. Robert William Hughes was a newspaper editor and federal district attorney. Involved in post Civil War Republican Party politics, he was nominated for governor of Virginia and for Congress, but did not win. He was appointed judge of the federal court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
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