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Rh later by that of Egeria; and, although he pub- lished no others, it was his intention to prepare the zodiac for each successively discovered asteroid. His skill as an observer and computer is further shown in valuable material published in the vol- umes of the " Washington Observations," and his work comprised many special investigations. Of these the most important include his discussions of " The Orbit of the Great Comet of 1843," origi- nally contributed and published through several issues of Gould's "Astronomical Journal. His later but equally valuable researches " On the Orbit of Biela's Comet in 1845-'6 " (1858), " Results of Ad- ditional Investigations respecting the two Nuclei of Biela's Comet " (1854), and " On Biela's Comet " (1858), which form the accepted authority on the subject, also appeared in the " Astronomical Jour- nal," to which he was a frequent contributor, and twice during Dr. Benjamin A. Gould's absence from the country he was its acting editor. In 1845 he was elected a member of the National institute of Washington, and in 1852 a fellow of the Ameri- can philosophical society. He was an original mem- ber of the National academy of sciences.

HUBBARD, Lucius Frederick, governor of Minnesota, b. in Troy, N. Y., 26 Jan., 1836. He was but three years old when he lost his father, Charles F. Hubbard, sheriff of Rensselaer county, and was sent to live with an aunt at Chester, Vt. He was educated in the academy at G ran- ville. N. Y., and ap- prenticed to the tin- ner's trade, at which he worked in Chica- go for three years, and in 1857 he re- moved to Red Wing, Minn., where he es- tablished the " Re- publican." He was elected register of deeds in 1858. and in 1861 was a Repub- lican candidate for the state senate, but lacked seven votes of being elected. He enlisted as a private in the 5th Minnesota infantry in December, 1861, became captain in February, and lieutenant-colo- nel in March, 1862, and was severely wounded in the first battle of Corinth. He was promoted colo- nel, 31 Aug., 1862, commanded his regiment in the battle ofluka and the 2d brigade of the 1st di- vision, Army of the Mississippi, in the battles of Jackson and Mississippi Springs, and remained in command of the brigade till the spring of 1863, when the 5th Minnesota was transferred to the 15th army corps and took part in the siege of Vicksburg. After the fall of that city he resumed command of his brigade, which in March, 1864, was assigned to the 16th corps under Gen. A. J. Smith, took part in Gen. Banks's Red River expedition, and within a very brief period was in seven battles, the last being that of Greenfield. La., where the enemy was routed and the Mississippi river relieved from blockade. Afterward he was in several engagements in north- ern Mississippi, marched across Arkansas and Mis- souri to the Kansas line to attack Price's force, and then returned to Memphis, where Col. Hub- bard's regiment re-enlisted as veterans and was furloughed. Under his command his brigade, in the battle of Nashville, 16 Dec, 1864, was in the first line of the assaulting column, and captured seven pieces of artillery, several stand of colors, and many prisoners. But it suffered heavy loss, and Col. Hubbard was severely wounded. He was brevetted brigadier-general for " conspicuous gal- lantry " in this battle. In the campaign of Mobile, under Gen. E. R. S. Canby, his brigade was one of the foremost in the siege and capture of Spanish Fort. He was mustered out of the service in Octo- ber, 1865. In 1866 he engaged in the grain business at Red Wing, and afterward in milling. He pro- jected and secured the construction of the Midland railway from Wabashaw to Zumbrota, and the Can- non Valley railway from Red Wing to Waterville. In 1872 and 1874 he was elected as a Republican to the state senate. He was one of the arbitrators to settle the dispute between the state and the prison contractors, and also one of a commission to in- vestigate the state railroad bonds. In 1881 he was elected governor of Minnesota by a majority of 27,857. He entered upon his office 10 Jan., 1882, and was re-elected in 1883, serving till January, 1887. In 1886 he contributed a paper on Minne- sota to the " North American Review."

HUBBARD, Oliver Payson, chemist, b. in Pomfret, Conn., in March, 1809. He studied at Hamilton in 1825-'6, and was graduated at Yale in 1828, where he also acted as assistant to the elder Silliman, whose daughter he subsequently married. In 1836 he was appointed professor of chemis- try and pharmacy, mineralogy and geology, at Dartmouth, which chair he held until 1866, when, until 1871, he delivered lectures on these subjects, after which he again became connected with the faculty as professor of chemistry and pharmacy, continuing as such until 1883, when he was made professor emeritus. He was associated with Prof. Silliman in the examination of the United States for the cultivation of sugar made at the instance of the secretary of the treasury in 1832 and was especially assigned to the eastern states. During 1863-'4 he was a member of the New Hampshire state legislature. In 1837 he received the degree of M. D. from the South Carolina medical college, and in 1861 that of LL. D. from Hamilton. Prof. Hubbard has been one of the overseers of the Thayer school of civil engineering of Dartmouth since its establishment in 1871. He was one of the secretaries of the American association of geologists and naturalists in 1844, and was for many years corresponding secretary of the New York academy of sciences. He has contributed papers to the " American Journal of Science," and is the author of a " History of Dartmouth Medical College and Dr. Nathan Smith, its Founder " (Con- cord. N. H. and Washington, D. C, 1880).

HUBBARD, Richard Dudley, statesman, b. in Berlin. Conn., 7 Sept., 1818 ; d. in Hartford, Conn.. 28 Feb., 1884. He was graduated at Yale in 1839, was admitted to the bar in 1842, and practised his profession until his death. He was a member of the Connecticut legislature in 1842, and in 1855-'8. From 1846 till 1868 he was state's attorney for Hartford county. He was a Democratic member of congress in 1867, but declined a re-election. As Democratic candidate for governor of Connecticut he was defeated in 1872. elected in 1876, and defeated again in 1878. During the civil war he was an earnest Unionist.

HUBBARD, Richard William, artist, b. in Middletown, Conn., 15 Oct., 1810. He was educated at Middletown academy and Yale, and removed to New York, and afterward to Brooklyn, where he opened studios. He now (1887) resides in New York. In 1858 he was elected an academician. He is president of the Artists' fund society and