John Henry Hubbard

John Henry Hubbard

John Henry Hubbard (born March 24, 1804 in Salisbury , Litchfield County , Connecticut , †  July 30, 1872 in Litchfield , Connecticut) was an American politician . Between 1863 and 1867 he represented the state of Connecticut in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Hubbard attended public schools in his home country. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1828, he began to practice in Lakeville in his new profession. Between 1849 and 1852, Hubbard also served as a prosecutor. At the same time he began a political career. He was a member of the Connecticut Senate from 1847 to 1849 . In 1855 he moved to Litchfield, where he also worked as a lawyer.

Hubbard became a member of the Republican Party, founded in 1854 . In the congressional election of 1862 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of Connecticut , where he succeeded Democrat George C. Woodruff on March 4, 1863 . After a re-election in 1864, he was able to complete two consecutive terms in Congress until March 3, 1867 . These were determined by the events of the civil war and the first years of Reconstruction in the former Confederate States . In the second legislative term, there were also heated discussions in Congress about the policies of President Andrew Johnson . In 1866, Hubbard was not nominated for another term by his party.

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, John Hubbard withdrew from politics. He practiced as a lawyer again until his death in July 1872.

Web links

• John Henry Hubbard in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John Henry Hubbard in the database of Find a Grave (English)