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

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Early life and education

Born near

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, Hubard attended private schools as a child and went on to attend the

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Career

He engaged in agricultural pursuits and was a justice of the peace before being elected as a

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to the

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in 1840, serving from 1841 to 1847. He represented the district of Lynchburg. Hubard was not a candidate for re-election in 1846 and instead resumed engagements in agricultural pursuits. During the

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, he was a

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of a militia regiment in 1864 and was an

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of the Confederate States Government to regulate the value of the Confederate dollar.

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

, then part of Buckhingham County, on December 9, 1878, and was interred in the family cemetery near the home.

References

External links

Hubard Family Papers 1741-1907
University of North Carolina. Retrieved on 2008-10-10 1806 births 1878 deaths University of Virginia alumni Confederate States Army officers People of Virginia in the American Civil War Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia People from Farmville, Virginia 19th-century Virginia politicians 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives {{AmericanCivilWar-bio-stub