| Intro | American politician |
| Was | Politician |
| From | United States of America |
| Type | Politics |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 7 August 1883, Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin, U.S.A. |
| Death |
9 August 1940, Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota, U.S.A. (aged 57 years) |
| Politics | Democratic Party |
James Frederic Hughes (August 7, 1883 – August 9, 1940) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.
Born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Hughes graduated from West Green Bay High School in 1901. After moving to De Pere, Wisconsin in 1901, he was employed as a salesman. He was a member of the De Pere Board of Education from 1914 to 1937). A delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1920 and 1928, he was a member of the Democratic State central committee (1920–1924) and chaired the eighth Wisconsin Democratic congressional committee (1928–1932).
Hughes was elected as a member of the Democratic Party to the 73rd Congress (March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935), but chose not to seek renomination in 1934, resuming a post as sales manager in De Pere, Wisconsin. While in congress, he represented Wisconsin’s 8th congressional district. He died in a hospital at Rochester, Minnesota, on August 9, 1940 and was interred at Cady Cemetery in Lawrence, near De Pere.