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Edmund W. Hubard

Edmund Wilcox Hubard
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 4th district
In office
March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847
Preceded byWilliam Goode
Succeeded byThomas S. Bocock
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 5th district
In office
March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843
Preceded byJohn Hill
Succeeded byThomas W. Gilmer
Personal details
Born(1806-02-20)February 20, 1806
Farmville, Virginia
DiedDecember 9, 1878(1878-12-09) (aged 72)
Farmville, Virginia
Resting placeFarmville, Virginia
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materUniversity of Virginia
Occupationplanter
Military service
AllegianceConfederate States of America
Branch/serviceVirginia state militia
Years of service1864
Rankcolonel
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War

Edmund Wilcox Hubard (February 20, 1806 – December 9, 1878) was a nineteenth-century American politician, appraiser and justice of the peace from Virginia.[1]

Early life and education

Born near Farmville, Virginia, Hubard attended private schools as a child and went on to attend the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.[2]

Career

He engaged in agricultural pursuits and was a justice of the peace before being elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1840, serving from 1841 to 1847.[2] He represented the district of Lynchburg.[1] Hubard was not a candidate for re-election in 1846 and instead resumed engagements in agricultural pursuits.[2]

During the Civil War, he was a colonel of a militia regiment in 1864 and was an appraiser of the Confederate States Government to regulate the value of the Confederate dollar.[2]

Electoral history

1841

Hubard was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 50.42% of the vote, defeating Whig John T. Hill.

1843

Hubard was re-elected with 51.51% of the vote, defeating Whig Richard H. Toler.

1845

Hubard won re-election with 49.93% of the vote, defeating Whig John J. Hill.

Death

Hubard died of pneumonia at his home near Farmville, Virginia, then part of Buckhingham County, on December 9, 1878,[1] and was interred in the family cemetery near the home.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Death of Hon. E. W. Hubard". Richmond Dispatch. December 10, 1878. Retrieved February 11, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b c d e "HUBARD, Edmund Wilcox". Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 5th congressional district

1841–1843
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 4th congressional district

1843–1847
Succeeded by