Richard B. Hubbard

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Richard Hubbard

Richard Bennett Hubbard (born November 1, 1832 in Walton County , Georgia , † July 12, 1901 in Tyler , Texas ) was an American diplomat and the 17th governor of Texas.

Hubbard was born in 1832 to Richard Bennett Hubbard and his wife Serena Carter Hubbard. He spent his youth in Jasper County . In 1851 he graduated from Mercer Institute , now Mercer University, in literature and became an orator at the national university. He then taught at Harvard University . Towards the end of 1853 he moved with his parents to Smith County and settled near Tyler, only to take over a plantation near Lindale a short time later .

In 1855 he entered politics and in 1856 supported the Democratic presidential candidate James Buchanan , who made him district attorney for the western district of Texas after his successful election. From this position he was elected to the Texas government in the 8th legislature, where he supported secession . After his election from the 5th District to the Confederate Congress, he began to recruit men for the Confederate Army . During the Civil War , he commanded the Texas 22nd Infantry Regiment and fought in Arkansas and Louisiana .

After the war, he managed to resume his political career in 1872 with a change in his political attitude, the income from his parents' plantation and the support of a railway company. In 1873 and 1876 he was elected lieutenant governor of Texas. On December 1, 1876, he succeeded Richard Coke as governor. He remained in this office until January 21, 1879. His successor was Oran M. Roberts .

In 1885, Hubbard became the special US envoy to Japan. His stay in Japan markedly improved American-Japanese relations. In 1889 he returned to the United States and wrote a book on diplomatic work entitled The United States in the Far East , which was published in 1899.

Hubbard lived in Tyler for the last few years until his death, where he died on July 12, 1901. The town of Hubbard in Hill County was named after him.

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SURNAME Hubbard, Richard B.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hubbard, Richard Bennett (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American diplomat and 17th Governor of Texas
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1832
PLACE OF BIRTH Walton County , Georgia
DATE OF DEATH July 12, 1901
Place of death Tyler , Texas