William Hebard

William Hebard (born November 29, 1800 in Windham , Connecticut , † October 20, 1875 in Chelsea , Vermont ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1849 and 1853 he represented the second constituency of the state of Vermont in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Hebard attended his home public schools and the Orange County Grammar School in Randolph, Vermont. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1827, he began working in his new profession in East Randolph. Between 1832 and 1836 he was a prosecutor in Orange County . Politically, he became a member of the Whig Party . Hebard was first elected to the Vermont House of Representatives in 1835 ; between 1836 and 1838 he was a member of the State Senate . In the years 1838, 1840 and 1841 Hebard worked as a probate judge. From 1840 to 1842 he was again a member of the House of Representatives from Vermont before he was appointed judge on the Vermont Supreme Court . He held this office from 1842 to 1844. Since 1845 he was resident in Chelsea.

In 1848, Hebard was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the second district of Vermont . There he took over from Jacob Collamer on March 4, 1849 . After a re-election in 1850, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1853 . After the dissolution of his party in the 1850s, Hebard joined the Republican Party, founded in 1854 . In 1857 he was a delegate to a meeting to revise the Vermont constitution. Between 1858 and 1872, Hebard was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives on several occasions. In 1860 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention , where Abraham Lincoln was nominated as a presidential candidate. In addition to his political activities, William Hebard also worked as a lawyer. He died in October 1875.

Web links

• William Hebard in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William Hebard in the database of Find a Grave (English)