Editing Charles Evans Hughes (section)

==Legacy==

In the evaluation of historian [[Dexter Perkins]], in domestic politics:
:Hughes was a happy mixture of the liberal and the conservative. He was wise enough to know that you cannot preserve a social order unless you eradicate its abuses, and so he was never a [[Standpatter Republican|stand-patter]]. On the other side he could see that change carried perils as well as promises. Sometimes he stood out against these perils. He was not always wise, it is true. We do not have to agree with him in everything. But he stands a noble and constructive figure in American life.<ref>[[Dexter Perkins]], "Charles Evans Hughes", in John A. Garraty, ed., ''Unforgettable Americans'' (1960) p. 309.</ref>

In the consensus view of scholars, Hughes as a diplomat was:
: an outstanding Secretary of State. He possessed a clear vision of America's position in the new international system. The United States would be a world leader, not only in terms of its ability to provide material progress, but also by its advocacy of diplomacy and arbitration over military force. Hughes was fully committed to the supremacy of negotiation and the maintenance of American foreign policy. This quality was combined with an ability to maintain a clear sense of the larger goals of American diplomacy&nbsp;... He was able to maintain control over US foreign policy and take the country into a new role as a world power.<ref>Edward Mihalkanin, ed., ''American Statesmen: Secretaries of State from John Jay to Colin Powell'' (2004) p. 257.</ref>

Hughes has been honored in a variety of ways, including in the names of several schools, rooms, and events. Other things named for Hughes include the [[Hughes Range (Antarctica)|Hughes Range]] in [[Antarctica]]. On April 11, 1962, the 100th anniversary of Hughes's birth, the U.S. Post Office issued a [[commemorative stamp]] in his honor.<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles Evans Hughes Issue |publisher=Smithsonian national Postal Museum |url=http://arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=1&cmd=1&tid=2034092 |access-date=November 24, 2013 |archive-date=December 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205223224/http://arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=1&cmd=1&tid=2034092 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[Charles Evans Hughes House]], now the [[Burma|Burmese]] ambassador's residence, in [[Washington, D.C.]], was declared a [[National Historic Landmark]] in 1972.

Judge [[Learned Hand]] once observed that Hughes was the greatest lawyer he had ever known, "except that his son ([[Charles Evans Hughes Jr.]]) was even greater."<ref name="Warren1965">{{cite journal |last1=Warren |first1=Earl |s2cid=153207205 |title=Comments on the Dedication of the Charles Evans Hughes Residence Center |journal=[[Cornell Law Review]] |date=Winter 1965 |volume=50 |issue=2 }}</ref>