Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Encyclopedia of Biography of New York, Vol. 8: A Life Record of Men and Women Whose Sterling Character and Energy and Industry Have Made Them Pre�minent in Their Own and Many Other States
The American Secretary oi State for Foreign Affairs, the Hon. Charles hvans Hughes, wh� is regarded by-competent judges, irrespective of party or national ity, not only-as a great American but as one of the world's greatest statesmen, is a native of New Ygrk State, the son of a clergyman, and as far as origin goes em bodies in his personality the best strains of American descent, being of mixed Welsh, scotch-irish and Dutch extrac tion.
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