Charles Evans Hughes (Cherry, Plum, and Chrysanthemum)

Charles Evans Hughes, Sr. (April 11, 1862 – August 27, 1948) was an American statesman, lawyer and politician who served as the 27th President of the United States (1921–1929) and later the tenth Chief Justice of the United States (1930–1941). He is the one of only two person to have served in both of these offices. During his administration, the United States experienced a period of widespread prosperity called the Roaring Twenties. Hughes was a staunch supporter of Britain's New Liberalism, an important leader of the progressive movement of the 20th century, and represented the moderate wing of the Republican Party.

Hughes initiated the Washington Naval Conference to limit the naval deployment among the Great Powers and avoid conflict in the Pacific in 1921. Similarly significant Kellogg–Briand Pact was also ratified in 1929. The treaty, ratified in 1929, committed signatories including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan to "renounce war, as an instrument of national policy in their relations with one another." The treaty did not achieve its intended result, but it did provide the founding principle for international law after World War II.

During his administration, the Twentieth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed. It sets a term limit for election to the office of President of the United States where a person cannot be elected president more than two terms. Previously, there were two presidents that ever been elected more than two terms (Ulysses S. Grant and Theodore Roosevelt).

After completed his second presidential term, Hughes was appointed by President Al Smith as the Chief Justice of the United States on February 3, 1930. Hughes replaced recently deceased Chief Justice William Howard Taft, a fellow Republican who also formerly been U.S. President and who, in 1910, had appointed Hughes to his first tenure on the Supreme Court. Taft and Hughes are only two person to have served as the U.S. President and the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.