Charles Evans Hughes Historical Figure Nationality: United States Religion: Baptist Date of Birth: 1862 Date of Death: 1948 Cause of Death: Natural Causes Occupation: Lawyer, Politician, Educator Turtledove Appearances: The War That Came Early POD: July 20, 1936; Relevant POD: September 29, 1938 Appearance(s): Coup d'Etat Type of Appearance: Direct "Joe Steele" POD: 1878 Relevant POD: July, 1932 Type of Appearance: Direct (referred to by title)

Charles Evans Hughes, Sr. (1862–1948) was a lawyer and Republican politician from the New York. He served as the 36th Governor of New York (1907–1910), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1910–1916), United States Secretary of State (1921–1925) under Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge, and the 11th Chief Justice of the United States (1930–1941). He was the Republican candidate in the 1916 U.S. Presidential election, losing to Woodrow Wilson. Hughes was an important leader of the progressive movement of the 1900s, a leading diplomat and New York lawyer in the days of Harding and Coolidge, and a leader of opposition to the New Deal in the 1930s.

Charles Evans Hughes in The War That Came EarlyEdit

On January 20, 1941, Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes administered the oath of office to President Franklin D. Roosevelt for an unprecedented third time. This event came just eight days after Japan attacked the United States, which rather dampened the mood.^[1]

Charles Evans Hughes in "Joe Steele"Edit

The arrest and execution of the so-called Gang of Four, four Supreme Court Justices who opposed President Joe Steele's first Four-Year Plan in 1933-34 cowed Steele's remaining opponents on the Court, including Chief Justice Chalres Evans Hughes. At Steele's second inauguration in 1937, Hughes was noticably subdued as he administered the oath of office.

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Political offices (OTL)
Preceded by Frank W. Higgins	Governor of New York 1907–1910	Succeeded by Horace White
Preceded by Bainbridge Colby	Secretary of State March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1925	Succeeded by Frank B. Kellogg
Preceded by David Josiah Brewer	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States October 10, 1910 – June 10, 1916	Succeeded by John Hessin Clarke
Preceded by William Howard Taft	Chief Justice of the United States February 13, 1930 – June 30, 1941	Succeeded by Harlan Fiske Stone
Party political offices (OTL)
Preceded by William Howard Taft	Republican Party presidential candidate 1916	Succeeded by Warren G. Harding