Matthew F. McHugh papers

Matthew F. McHugh was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York State. McHugh was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1938 and attended Mount St. Mary's University and Villnova University School of Law. He was the district attorney of Tompkins County, New York from 1969 to 1972. McHugh was elected to Congress in 1974 and served from 1975 until 1993, participating as a member of the Appropriations, Intelligence, and Ethics Committees, as well as the Committees on Agriculture, Interior, Veterans Affairs, and Children, Youth and Families. After retiring from Congress, he was the vice president of Cornell University and later worked for the World Bank.