Charles Evans Hughes

Dentuck

This bronze medal honors a man who held the gamut of political positions in the
United States -- Charles Evans Hughes -- and, in particular, his service as
Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.



Hughes was born just before the Civil War and died after World War II. He was
Secretary of State in the Harding administration (1921-1925), in which office he
negotiated (at the Washington Conference) the first successful naval arms limitation
agreement; brought about the dissolution of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance; and helped
establish Four-Power and Nine-Power treaties that stabilized the Far East.

Some historians consider the Dawes Plan -- or at least its enactment -- his baby
(the Dawes Plan sought to solve the Weimar Republic's war reparation payment
problems by reorganizing German finances through private U.S. loans).

Hughes was Chief Justice from 1930 to 1941; he caused a stink when he declared
President Franklin Roosevelt's radical New Deal measures unconstitutional.

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His greatest contribution: "When we lose the Right to be different,we lose the Privilege to be free". Charles Evans Hughes. Respectfully, John Curlis

RWB

The 1921 Peace dollar was issued, in part, to commemorate the Washington Conference on Limitation of Armaments (Nov 1921-Feb 1922) in which Hughes was a primary participant. The coin was rushed to production as part of the overall administration plan to promote the conference goals. He also was a leader of the Supreme Court majority that ruled in favor of early New Deal programs and abrogation of the “gold clause” in contracts (June 5, 1933. H.J.192 73rd Cong. First Session).