gates and served one four-year term. In 1958 he
was elected to the Senate, where he served three
terms (1959-1970), first representing Caroline
County and then, after reapportionment, the Up-
per Shore counties.

During his term in the Senate, Mr. Hughes held
a number of leadership positions, including chair-
man of the Committee on Taxation and Fiscal
Matters, majority floor leader, chairman of the
Committee on Finance, and chairman of the
Commission to Study the State's Role in Financing
Public Education.

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In 1971, he was appointed to head the newly
created Department of Transportation, serving in
that post until May 1977, when he resigned in
protest over the manner in which the Administra-
tion awarded a large construction management
contract.

Governor Hughes is married to the former
Patricia Donoho. They have two daughters, Ann, a
teacher in special education, and Elizabeth, a
practicing attorney in Baltimore.