Jay Abel Hubbell

Jay Abel Hubbell

Jay Abel Hubbell (born September 15, 1829 in Avon , Michigan , †  October 13, 1900 in Houghton , Michigan) was an American politician . Between 1873 and 1883 he represented the state of Michigan in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Jay Hubbell attended the public schools of his home country and then studied until 1853 at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1855, he began to work in Ontonagon in his new profession. Between 1857 and 1859, Hubbell was District Attorney for the Upper Peninsula , the northwestern peninsula of Michigan State. In 1860 he moved his office and residence to Houghton, where he continued to practice as a lawyer until 1870. He was also a district attorney in Houghton County from 1861 to 1867 . He was also interested in the mineral deposits on the Upper Peninsula.

Politically, Hubbell was a member of the Republican Party . In the congressional elections of 1872 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the then newly created ninth constituency of Michigan , where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1873. After four re-elections, he was able to complete five legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1883 . From 1881 he was chairman of the Ministry of Interior's expenditure control committee.

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Hubbell initially continued his political career at the state level. Between 1885 and 1887 he was a member of the Michigan Senate . From 1894 to 1899 he served as a judge in the twelfth judicial district of his state. He died on October 13, 1900 in Houghton, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Jay Abel Hubbell in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Jay Abel Hubbell in the database of Find a Grave (English)