Edmund W. Hubard

Edmund Wilcox Hubard (born February 20, 1806 in Farmville , Buckingham County , Virginia , †  December 9, 1878 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1841 and 1847 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Edmund Hubard attended private schools and then studied at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville . Then he worked in agriculture. He was also a justice of the peace in his homeland. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In the 1840 congressional election , Hubard was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fifth constituency of Virginia , where he succeeded Robert Craig on March 4, 1841 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1847 . From 1843 he represented the fourth district of his state there as the successor to William Goode . Since 1845 his tenure was marked by the events of the Mexican-American War .

In 1846 Edmund Hubard renounced another candidacy. After his time in the US House of Representatives, he returned to farming. During the Civil War , Hubard was a tax assessor for the Confederate Government . He died on December 9, 1878 on his estate near Farmville, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Edmund W. Hubard in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)