Sarah T. Hughes

Sarah Hughes
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
In office
August 4, 1975 – April 23, 1985
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
In office
October 5, 1961 – August 4, 1975
Appointed byJohn F. Kennedy
Preceded bySeat established
Succeeded byPatrick Higginbotham
Personal details
Born
Sarah Augusta Tilghman

(1896-08-02)August 2, 1896
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
DiedApril 23, 1985(1985-04-23) (aged 88)
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
George E. Hughes
(m. 1922; died 1964)
EducationGoucher College (BA)
George Washington University (LLB)

Sarah Tilghman Hughes (born Sarah Augusta Tilghman; August 2, 1896 – April 23, 1985) was an American lawyer and federal judge who served on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. She is best known as the judge who swore in Lyndon B. Johnson as President of the United States on Air Force One after John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas on November 22, 1963. She is the first and only woman to have sworn in a US President. The photo depicting Hughes administering the oath of office to Johnson is widely viewed as the most famous photo ever taken aboard Air Force One.[1][2]

  1. ^ terHorst, Jerald F.; Albertazzie, Col. Ralph (1979). The flying White House: the story of Air Force One. New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan. ISBN 0698109309.
  2. ^ Walsh, Kenneth T. (2003). Air Force One: a history of the presidents and their planes. New York: Hyperion. ISBN 1401300049.