OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI 1939-1940 Judicial Departments Judges of St. Louis Court of Appeals WILLIAM C. HUGHES (Democrat), Presiding Judge St. Louis Court of Appeals. Was born May 21, 1877, in Danville, Mo., a son of ELLIOTT M. HUGHES, who was Judge of the Eleventh Circuit from the first Monday in January, 1887, until his death, July 1, 1903. Was educated in the public schools of Danville and Montgomery City, Mo., Buchanan College, Troy, Mo., and Bryant and Stratton Business College, St. Louis, Mo. Admitted to the bar May 12, 1900. He was married to WILLIE V. BARLEY, September 6, 1899, in Troy, Mo. During the World War, he was chairman of the Legal Advisory Board and the Liberty Loan Organization. In 1900, he was elected City Attorney of Montgomery City and served five years. Was Journal Clerk of the House of Representatives, 62nd Congress; Prosecuting Attorney of Montgomery County two terms, 1919-1922. In November , 1928, he was elected Judge of the Eleventh Circuit for a term of six years, and was re-elected in 1934. He was appointed Presiding Judge of the St. Louis Court of Appeals by Governor Stark, October 11, 1939, to fill a vacancy caused by the death in St. Louis, October 4, 1939, of Judge Jefferson D. Hostetter. He continues to reside in Montgomery City, where he is a member of the Methodist Church, the Masonic Lodge and the Modern Woodmen of America. Judge Hughes also is an honorary member of the Kiwanis Club of Mexico, Mo. Norma