Orlando Hubbs

Orlando Hubbs

Orlando Hubbs (born February 18, 1840 in Commack , Suffolk County , New York , †  December 5, 1930 in Smithtown , New York) was an American politician . Between 1881 and 1883 he represented the state of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Orlando Hubbs attended public schools in his home country. In 1856 he moved to Northport , where he worked in coach and wagon construction. He then became a ship's carpenter at Hunters Point . After the Civil War , Hubbs moved to New Bern , North Carolina, where he worked in commerce. In North Carolina he was involved in the founding of the Republican Party there , of which he was also a member. Between 1871 and 1881 he was a sheriff in Craven County .

In the congressional elections of 1880 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of North Carolina , where he succeeded William H. Kitchin on March 4, 1881 . Since he refused to run again in 1882, he was only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1883 . After leaving the US House of Representatives, Hubbs returned to New York in 1890, where he settled in Central Islip . There he worked in agriculture. Between 1902 and 1908 he was a member of the New York State Assembly ; in 1910 and 1911 he was a member of the local state senate . Orlando Hubbs spent his old age in Smithtown, where he died on December 5, 1930.

Web links

• Orlando Hubbs in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Orlando Hubbs in the database of Find a Grave (English)