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Thomas E. McHugh is an American jurist who served on the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia. In 1980 and 1992 McHugh was elected as a Democrat to full twelve-year terms on the Court. He however retired on December 31 1997 with 7 years remaining on his term and resumed the practice of law in Chaleston.On September 10 2008 then-Chief Justice Eliot E. Spike Maynard named McHugh to temporarily replace Justice Joseph P. Albright.