# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-joseph-hughes
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:58:45.937Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-joseph-hughes"
name: "Richard Joseph Hughes"
slug: "richard-joseph-hughes"
description: "Richard Joseph Hughes was an American lawyer, politician, and judge. A Democrat, he served as the 45th governor of New Jersey from 1962 to 1970, and as Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1973 to 1979. Hughes is the only person to have served New Jersey as both governor and chief justice. Hughes was also the first Roman Catholic governor in New Jersey's history."
tagline: "45th governor of New Jersey from 1962 to 1970"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_J._Hughes_1962.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1909-08-10"
deathDate: "1992-12-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.538626832565071
  historical:           6.827648
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ريتشارد جاي هيوز"
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    title: "ریچارد جی. هوقز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Richard J. Hughes"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_J._Hughes"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump