Thomas Morris McHugh (November 22, 1822 – March 19, 1856) was an Irish American immigrant and lawyer who served as the first Secretary of State of Wisconsin.
He had previously served as Secretary of the Territorial Council and the second Wisconsin Constitutional Convention.
[1] He studied law at Utica, New York, and moved with his parents to Delavan, in the Wisconsin Territory, in 1844, where his father established an Episcopal parish.
He later served as Chief Clerk to the Wisconsin State Assembly in the 1853 and 1854 sessions.
[2] He died, unmarried, in Palatka, Florida, March 19, 1856.