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 HUBBARD

HUBBARD

HUBBARD, Henry, governor of New Hamp- shire, was born in Charlestown, N.H., May 3, 1784. He was graduated at Dartmouth, A.B., 1803, A.M., 1806, and became a lawyer, practising in Charlestown. He was a state representative, 1812-27, and speaker of the house, 1824:-27; was state solicitor for Cheshire county, 1823-28; judge of the probate court, 1827-29; representative in the 21st, 22d and 23d congresses, 1829-35, and speaker jyro tempore of the house in the 23d con- gress; U.S. senator from New Hampshire, 1835-41; governor of New Hampshire. 1842-44, and U.S. sub-treasurer at Boston under appointment of President Polk, 1846-49. He died in Charles- town. N.H., June 5, 1857.

HUBBARD, John, governor of Maine, was born in Readville, Maine, March 22. 1794; son of Dr. John and Olive (Wilson) Hubbard. His father and grandfather were physicians, and his father was at one time a representative in the general court of Massachusetts. The son was graduated at Dartmouth in 181G; taught inHallowell, Maine; studied medicine at the University of Pennsyl- vania, receiving his degree of M.D. in 1822, and practised in Dinwiddle county, Va., 1822-29. He was married in July, 1825, to Sarah H. Bar- rett, of Dresden, Maine. He returned to Hal- lowell, Maine, in 1830; was state senator, 1842- 43; supported the Maine liquor law; was gov- ernor of Maine, 1850-53; agent of the United States treasurj', under appointment of President Buchanan 1857-59, and commissioner under the reciprocity treaty with Great Britain, 1859-61. He received the degree of LL.D. from Waterville college (afterward Colby university) in 1851, of which institution he was a trustee, 1849-62. He died in Hallowell. Maine. Feb. 6, 1869,

HUBBARD, John Henry, representative, was born in Salisburj-, Conn., Marcli 24, 1804; young- est son of Parley and Anne (Catlin) Hubbard; grandson of Joseph Hubbard and of John and Sarah (Landon) Catlin, and a descendant of John Hubbard, of Pomfret, Conn. He was educated in the public schools; taught school when fifteen years old; studied law with Elislia Sterling, in Salisbury; was admitted to the bar in 1826, and practised at Lakeville, Litclifield county, 1826-56. He was state senator, 1847 and 1848, and state's attorney for Litchfield county, 1849-54. He removed to Litchfield in 1856, and helped to recruit the 13th and 19th Connecticut regiments in 1861 and to care for the families of the soldiers in the field. He was a Republican representative from the fourth Connecticut dis- trict in the 38th and 39th congresses, 1863-67. He was a delegate to the Pliiladelphia Loj-alists' convention of 1866, and on retiring from congress in 1867 he resumed the practice of law. He died at Litchfield, Conn., Julv 30, 1872.

HUBBARD, Joseph Stillman, astronomer, was boi"n in New Haven, Conn., Sept. 7, 1823; son of Ezra Stiles and Eliza (Church) Hubbard; grand- son of Deacon Isaac and Jane (Berry) Hubbard, and a descendant of the Rev. William Hubbard, who was born in England in 1621, came to America with his father in 1630 and settled at Ipswich, Mass. He was graduated at Yale in 1843. He taught a classical school and studied mathematics and astronomy, 1843-44; was assistant in the higli school observatorj-, Phila- delphia, Pa., 1844, and was computer of the observations of latitude and longitude made by Fremont's Rocky Mountain exploring expedi- tion, declining an invitation to accomjjany the next expedition in the same capacity. He was professor of mathematics in the U.S. navy on duty at the W^ashington observatory from 1845 until his death. He presented to the Smith- sonian Institution the zodiacs of Vesta, Astrea, Hebe, Flora and Metis in November, 1848; those of Hygea, Parthenope and Clio in 1849, and that of Egeria later. He was an original member of the National Academy of Sciences; a member of the National Institute of Washington. 1845-63, and a fellow of the American Philosophical society, 1852-63. He was acting editor of the Astronomical Journal during the absence of Dr, Benjamin A. Gould, and its pages preserve an elaborate series of papers on his investigations on Biela's comet, on the comet of 1843, and on the orbit of Egeria. He died in New Haven, Conn., Aug. 16,1863.

HUBBARD, Lucius Frederick, governor of Minnesota, was born in Troy, N.Y., Jan. 26, 1836; son of Charles F. and Margaret (Van Val- kenberg) Hubbard; grandson of Lucius and Annie (Pomero}^ Hubbard, and a descendant of George and Mary (Bishop) Hubbard, who emigrated from England and settled in Wethersfiekl,

Conn., in 1636. His maternal ancestors were early Dutch set- tlers in the valley of the Hudson river. He was educated at Ches- ter, Vt., and Gran- ville academy, N.Y. He worked at the tinner's trade in Chi- cago, 111., 1854-57; was the founder of the Re- publican, Red Wing, Minn., and its editor, 1857-61; and registrar of deeds, 1858-61. He enlisted as a private in the 5th Minnesota in- fantry in December, 1861, and was promoted