Biography

02/06/1814 - 08/27/1891

Isaac Hugus (D21) Somerset and Westmoreland Counties 1849-1851

Early Life:

Isaac Hugus, born February 6, 1814, borough of Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania; son of Michael and Elizabeth Ankeny Hugus; read law, office of Samuel Gaither, admitted practice of courts, Somerset County, 1840; appointed, Deputy General of the State, 1843-1848; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1849-1851; elected, chief burgess, Somerset Borough, several terms, 1852; gubernatorial appointment, Commissioner of Draft, Somerset County, 1862; died August 27, 1891 (aged 77), pneumonia, residence, Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania; interment, Ankeny Square Burial Ground, Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Appointed, Deputy General of the State, 1843-1848.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 21st district, Somerset and Westmoreland Counties, 1849-1851. 

Elected, chief burgess, Somerset Borough, several terms, 1852.

Gubernatorial appointment, Governor Andrew Gregg Curtin, Commissioner of Draft, Somerset County, 1862.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members H". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

The Somerset Herald (Somerset, Pennsylvania) · Wednesday, September 02, 1891 · Page 3.

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