the United States, hit Maryland near the end of Hughes' tenure with the run at Old Court Savings and Loans, but nevertheless steps were taken to insure Maryland savings and loans organizations. Hughes served two terms, defeating Republican challenger Robert A. Pascal in 1982, and concluded his governorship in 1987. In 1986, Hughes and Congressman Michael D. Barnes both unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate seat being vacated by Charles "Mac" Mathias. They lost to Barbara Mikulski, who went on to win the general election. Later career Hughes was a member of the Chesapeake Bay Trust from 1995 to 2003; a member of the Board of Regents of the University System of Maryland from 1996 to 2000; the chairman of the Blue Ribbon Citizens Pfiesteria Commission in 1997; the chairman of the Maryland Appellate Judicial Nominating Commission from 1999 to 2003; and a member of the committee to Establish the Maryland Survivors Scholarship Fund from 2001 to 2002. Hughes was a member of the Advisory Committee for the Eastern Shore Land Conservancy's board of directors. Hughes published an autobiography in 2006. After a series of illnesses, including pneumonia, Hughes died under hospice care at his home in Denton on March 13, 2019, aged 92. See also Ann Hull, Hughes' executive assistant from 1979 to 1985 and chair of Hughes' Governor's Commission to Revise the Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Laws. References External links |- |- 1926 births 2019 deaths 20th-century American lawyers 20th-century American politicians American Episcopalians American autobiographers Deaths from pneumonia in Maryland Democratic Party governors of Maryland Democratic Party Maryland state senators Democratic Party members of the Maryland House of Delegates George Washington University Law School alumni Maryland lawyers Mercersburg Academy alumni Military personnel from Maryland People from Denton, Maryland People from Easton, Maryland State cabinet secretaries of Maryland United States Navy personnel of World War II University of Maryland, College Park alumni Writers from Maryland