Pulitzer Prize Biography Winner
Charles Evans Hughes
by Merlo J. Pusey
Summary
Merlo J. Pusey traces the long public career of Charles Evans Hughes, who served as New York governor, Secretary of State, and Chief Justice of the United States. The two volume biography draws on Hughes own papers to follow his work reforming insurance, his 1916 run for president against Woodrow Wilson, and his leadership on the Supreme Court. It matters as a thorough portrait of a man who shaped American law and diplomacy across the early twentieth century.
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Historical Context & Significance
Pusey was a Washington Post editorial writer who based the work on extensive access to Hughes personal papers and recollections.