William J. Hughes

A Representative from New Jersey. Born in Salem, Salem County, N. J. , October 17, 1932. Attended public schools. A. B. , Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N. J. , 1955. J. D. , Rutgers Law School, Camden, N. J. , 1958. Admitted to the New Jersey bar in 1959 and commenced practice in Ocean City. Served as township solicitor for Upper Township, N. J. , 1959-1961. Appointed assistant prosecutor for Cape May County, N. J. , 1960. Reappointed as first assistant prosecutor in 1961 and served until the spring of 1970. Unsuccessful candidate for election in 1970 to the Ninety-second Congress. Appointed by the Supreme Court of New Jersey to the Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics, 1972. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1995). One of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1986 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Harry E. Claiborne, judge of the United States District Court for Nevada. Not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fourth Congress. United States Ambassador to Panama, 1995 to 1998. Died on October 30, 2019, in Ocean City, N. J.