The Life and Times of Richard J. Hughes: The Politics of Civility

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Notes Introduction 1. Joseph F. Sullivan, “Richard J. Hughes, Governor and Judge, Dies at 83,” New York Times, December 8, 1992. On file with author. 2. Document prepared by Robert Hughes entitled “Two Buckets Hughes.” On file with author. 3. Kevin R. Richardson, “Night for Richard Hughes,” Star-Ledger, December 13, 1990. Chapter 1: The Early Days 1. Dermot Quinn, The Irish in New Jersey: Four Centuries of American Life (Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2004), 203. 2. Virginia D. Sederis, “Mr. Hughes Remembers,” New Jersey Reporter, April 1985, 13. 3. Interview with Thomas More Hughes, the youngest son of Hughes, June 26, 2006. 4. Alvin S. Felzenberg, “The Impact of Gubernatorial Style on Policy Outcomes: An In Depth Study of Three New Jersey Governors” (Diss., Princeton University, 1978), 159. (Hereafter cited as “Felzenberg”). 5. “Fielder Names Florence Man Prison Keeper,” newspaper article, n.d. On file with author. 6. In 1982, George Amick and John Kolesar interviewed Governor Hughes. The transcripts of the interviews were made available to the author by John Hughes, son and executor of Richard J. Hughes. (Hereafter cited as “Amick and Kolesar”), First Session, 4–5. 7. Letter to the Editor from a Convict of Trenton State Prison, Newark Evening News, n.d., Burlington County Regional Edition, 7. On file with author. 8. Ibid. 9. Felzenberg, 161. 10. Interview with Alice Hulse, sister of Richard Hughes, June 25, 2004. 289 11. Interview with James McLaughlin, former law partner of Governor Hughes, July 12, 2004. 12. Amick and Kolesar, First Session, 12. 13. Ibid. 14. Alvin S. Felzenberg, “The Making of a Governor: The Early Political Career of Richard J. Hughes,” New Jersey History 101 (1983): 2. 15. Amick and Kolesar, First Session, 8. 16. Ibid. 17. Felzenberg, 161. 18. Amick and Kolesar, Third Session, 75. 19. Courtier, Yearbook of Georgian Court College (now Georgian Court University), 1933. Page from the yearbook on file with author. 20. Amick and Kolesar, First Session, 12. 21. Ibid. 22. Ibid., 13. 23. Felzenberg, 163. 24. Amick and Kolesar, First Session, 13. 25. Ibid., 12. 26. Lloyd Paul Stryker, For the Defense, Thomas Erskine: The Most Enlightened Liberal of His Times, 1750–1823 (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1947), vii. 27. John D. Sheridan, introduction “Everyman” to Handy Andy, by Samuel Lover (New York: E.P. Dutton, 1954). 28. Amick and Kolesar, Third Session, 72. 29. Ibid., 73. 30. Ibid., First Session, 14. 31. Ibid. The dramatic change in grades is confirmed by the investigation carried out by the F.B.I. when Hughes was being considered for appointment as an Assistant United States Attorney. On file with author. 32. Fannie Steinberg, “Tribute to a Mother: Veronica Gallagher Hughes,” 89th Cong., 1st sess., Congressional Record 111 (May 6, 1965): H 9382. 33. Amick and Kolesar, Third Session, 84. Chapter 2: The Young Politician 1. Joseph Katz, “Dick Hughes: One of a Kind,” New Jersey Lawyer 7, no. 40 (October 5, 1998): 6. 2. Ibid. 3. George Amick and John Kolesar interviewed Governor Hughes. The transcripts of the interviews were made available to the author. (Hereafter cited as “Amick and Kolesar.”) Third Session, 74. 4. Ibid. 5. Interview with Alice Hulse, June 25, 2004. 6. Interview with Claire McQuade. 7. Interview with Robert Hughes. 8. Interview with Alice Hulse. 9. Amick and Kolesar, Third Session, 84. Notes to Pages 8–14 290 10. Ibid., 85. 11. Ibid. 12. Courier-Post, “Hughes Announces for Congress from Fourth Jersey District,” July 12, 1938, n.p. 13. Ibid. 14. Amick and Kolesar, Second Session, 49. 15. Richard J. Hughes, Reflections: A Growing Court, 11 Seton Hall L. Rev. 379, 381 (1981). 16. Amick and Kolesar, Second Session, 52. 17. Ibid., 51. 18. Letter from Hughes to Sis Rose Bernhardt, August 19, 1985. On file with author. 19. FBI file on Hughes in section dealing with investigation of Hughes for the position of Assistant U.S. Attorney at page 7. On file with author. 20. Amick and Kolesar, Second Session, 55. 21. United States v. German-American Vocational League, 153 F.2d 860 (3d Cir. 1946). 22. “Nazis’ Nemesis in New Jersey Appears ‘Nice and Innocent,’ ” n.d. Article on file with author. 23. Amick and Kolesar, Second Session, 62. 24. Joseph W. Katz, interview by G. Kurt Piehler and Darren Purtlebaugh, November 8, 1995, transcript, Oral History Archives of WW-II, Rutgers University History Department, New Brunswick, NJ, http://oralhistory.rutgers...