Charles Evans Hughes House (Chancery of Burma) - View this location on map From 1930 until his death, this was the residence of Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948), a leader in the progressive movement, former New York governor, Supreme Court Justice, and Republican candidate for president in 1916. As Secretary of State under President Harding, Hughes organized the Washington Conference (1921-22), pursued the  open door policy in China, and sought to guarantee Japanese security in the western Pacific. As Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 1930 until 1941, Hughes led a philosophically divided court through the judicial storms of the New Deal era. The house was built in 1907 for A. Clifford and Alice Pike Barney. George Oakley Totten was the architect. 2223 R Street, NW, Washington , DC Historical

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