Exhibit 99.1

   WRITTEN STATEMENT OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE
                           SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


In connection with the Quarterly Report of Hughes Supply, Inc. (the "Company")
on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended May 2, 2003 as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Thomas I. Morgan,
Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18
U.S.C. (S) 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, that:

     (1)  The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
          15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2)  The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
          material respects, the financial condition and results of operations
          of the Company.


Date: June 13, 2003                  /s/ Thomas I. Morgan
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                                     Thomas I. Morgan
                                     President and Chief Executive Officer