- Francis Hugo
Francis M. Hugo (
March 5 ,1870 ,Kingston, Ontario ,Canada -December 30 ,1930 Manhattan ,New York City ) was an American politician.Life
Hugo attended Queen's College (now
Queen's University ) at Kingston and heldBachelor of Arts andBachelor of Laws degrees.cite book|title=A Souvenir of the Thousand Islands of the St. Lawrence River|last=Haddock|first=John A.|year=1895|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=H9QOAAAAYAAJ] He also earned a law degree fromCornell University . [ [http://select.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F70611FD3E5C117A93C3AA1789D95F448385F9 "Francis Hugo Dies, Ex-State Official". New York Times, Dec. 31, 1930 (subscription required)] ]He was Mayor of
Watertown, New York . He was a delegate to the1912 Republican National Convention . He wasSecretary of State of New York from 1915 to 1920.cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hughey-hulka.html|title=Index to Politicians: Hughey to Hulka|accessdate=2008-04-05] As Secretary of State, he signed the joint resolution of the Senate and Assembly submitting a women's suffrage ballot question. [cite news|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E06E6DD1238E633A2575AC1A9649C946496D6CF|date=February 19 , 1915|title=SIGNS SUFFRAGE BILL.; State's Secretary Certifies Resolution for Applauding Women.|publisher=New York Times ]In 1923, Hugo was appointed by National Non-Theatrical Motion Pictures, Inc. to screen non-commercial films, a function similar to that performed by
Will H. Hays for commercial films. [cite news
author=
title=Czar of Realism
date=1923-03-17
work=Time Magazine
url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,715132,00.html
accessdate=2008-08-09]He married Florence Goodale, and their son was Francis G. Hugo.
His older brother was
Trevanion William Hugo , Mayor ofDuluth, Minnesota from 1900 to 1904, and another brother was a Minnesota legislator.References
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