Edmund W. Hubard
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Edmund Wilcox Hubard (February 20, 1806 – December 9, 1878) was a nineteenth-century American politician, appraiser and justice of the peace from Virginia.[1][2]
Early life and education
Born near Farmville, Virginia, Hubard attended private schools as a child and went on to attend the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.[3]
Career
He engaged in agricultural pursuits and was a justice of the peace before being elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1840, serving from 1841 to 1847.[3] He represented the district of Lynchburg.[1] Hubard was not a candidate for re-election in 1846 and instead resumed engagements in agricultural pursuits.[3]
During the Civil War, he was a colonel of a militia regiment in 1864 and was an appraiser of the Confederate States Government to regulate the value of the Confederate dollar.[3]
Electoral history
1841
Hubard was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 50.42% of the vote, defeating Whig John T. Hill.
1843
Hubard was re-elected with 51.51% of the vote, defeating Whig Richard H. Toler.
1845
Hubard won re-election with 49.93% of the vote, defeating Whig John J. Hill.
Death
Hubard died of pneumonia at his home near Farmville, Virginia, then part of Buckhingham County, on December 9, 1878,[1] and was interred in the family cemetery near the home.[3][2]
References
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External links
- Hubard Family Papers 1741-1907 University of North Carolina.
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