LittleSis: William John Hughes

A Representative from New Jersey; born in Salem, Salem County, N.J., October 17, 1932; attended public schools; A.B., Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J., 1955; J.D., Rutgers Law School, Camden, N.J., 1958; admitted to the New Jersey bar in 1959 and commenced practice in Ocean City; served as township solicitor for Upper Township, N.J., 1959-1961; appointed assistant prosecutor for Cape May County, N.J., 1960; reappointed as first assistant prosecutor in 1961 and served until the spring of 1970; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1970 to the Ninety-second Congress; appointed by the Supreme Court of New Jersey to the Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics, 1972; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1995); one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1986 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Harry E. Claiborne, judge of the United States District Court for Nevada; not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fourth Congress; United States Ambassador to Panama, 1995 to 1998; is a resident of Ocean City, N.J. Mr. Hughes married Nancy Gibson in 1956. She died last year. He is survived by a brother, Daniel; three daughters, Lynne Hughes, Barbara Hughes Sullivan and Tama Hughes; a son, William Jr.; 10 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Mr. Hughes’s wife died after an eight-year battle with a progressive neurodegenerative disease, The Press of Atlantic City said in her obituary. He was her primary caregiver during that time.

Donor	Common Recipients
Donald Sussman	Tom Carper, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Frank Lautenberg, Barack Obama, Chris Van Hollen, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, New Jersey Democratic State Committee, Rick Nolan, Shelley Adler, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Jefferson Van Drew
Tonio Burgos	Tom Carper, Hillary Clinton, Rush Holt, Frank Lautenberg, Bob Menendez, Barack Obama, Chris Van Hollen, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, New Jersey Democratic State Committee, Linda Stender, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Jefferson Van Drew
Orin S Kramer	Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Rush Holt, Frank Lautenberg, Bob Menendez, Barack Obama, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, New Jersey Democratic State Committee, Linda Stender, Brendan Thomas Byrne Jr, Shelley Adler
Jeffrey R Gural	Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Frank Lautenberg, Bob Menendez, Barack Obama, Chris Van Hollen, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, New Jersey Democratic State Committee, Rick Nolan, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Jefferson Van Drew
Wendy Kelman Neu	Tom Carper, Hillary Clinton, Rush Holt, Frank Lautenberg, Bob Menendez, Barack Obama, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, New Jersey Democratic State Committee, Linda Stender, Jim Florio, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Judith Scheide	Hillary Clinton, Rush Holt, Frank Lautenberg, Bob Menendez, Barack Obama, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, New Jersey Democratic State Committee, Linda Stender, Shelley Adler, Holt Victory Fund 2009
Thomas A Barron	Tom Carper, Hillary Clinton, Rush Holt, Frank Lautenberg, Bob Menendez, Barack Obama, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, New Jersey Democratic State Committee, Brendan Thomas Byrne Jr, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
William Scheide	Hillary Clinton, Rush Holt, Bob Menendez, Barack Obama, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, New Jersey Democratic State Committee, Linda Stender, Brendan Thomas Byrne Jr, Shelley Adler, Holt Victory Fund 2009
Daniel M Neidich	Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Rush Holt, Frank Lautenberg, Bob Menendez, Barack Obama, Chris Van Hollen, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, New Jersey Democratic State Committee, Linda Stender
Alan Sagner	Tom Carper, Hillary Clinton, Rush Holt, Frank Lautenberg, Bob Menendez, Barack Obama, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, New Jersey Democratic State Committee, Linda Stender, Jim Florio
Dennis Mehiel	Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Rush Holt, Bob Menendez, Barack Obama, Chris Van Hollen, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, New Jersey Democratic State Committee, Linda Stender, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Jon S Corzine	Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Rush Holt, Frank Lautenberg, Bob Menendez, Barack Obama, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, New Jersey Democratic State Committee, Linda Stender, Ed Janosik
Jack Bendheim	Tom Carper, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Frank Lautenberg, Bob Menendez, Barack Obama, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, New Jersey Democratic State Committee, Rick Nolan, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Michael W Kempner	Hillary Clinton, Rush Holt, Frank Lautenberg, Bob Menendez, Barack Obama, John McKee Spratt Jr, Chris Van Hollen, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, New Jersey Democratic State Committee, Linda Stender
David S Steiner	Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Rush Holt, Frank Lautenberg, Bob Menendez, Barack Obama, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, New Jersey Democratic State Committee, Linda Stender, Shelley Adler
Barbra Streisand	Tom Carper, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Rush Holt, Frank Lautenberg, Barack Obama, Chris Van Hollen, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Rick Nolan, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Steven M Champlin	Tom Carper, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Frank Lautenberg, Bob Menendez, Barack Obama, John McKee Spratt Jr, Chris Van Hollen, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Wendy Benchley	Hillary Clinton, Rush Holt, Frank Lautenberg, Bob Menendez, Barack Obama, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, New Jersey Democratic State Committee, Linda Stender, Brendan Thomas Byrne Jr, Shelley Adler
Leonard Blavatnik	Tom Carper, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Frank Lautenberg, Bob Menendez, Barack Obama, Chris Van Hollen, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, New Jersey Democratic State Committee, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Victor H Fazio	Tom Carper, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Rush Holt, Frank Lautenberg, Bob Menendez, John McKee Spratt Jr, Chris Van Hollen, Craig Anthony Washington, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee

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Donald Sussman