Henry Hubbard (May 3, 1784June 5, 1857) was a member of the
United States House of Representatives
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from 1829 to 1835, a
Senator from
New Hampshire
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during 1835 to 1841, and the 18th
governor of New Hampshire
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from 1842 to 1844.
Early life
Henry Hubbard was born on May 3, 1784, in
Charlestown, New Hampshire
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in the
United States
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.
Hubbard was educated at home,
and engaged in classical studies whilst taught by private tutors,
[ before attending ]Dartmouth College
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and graduating from there in 1803.[ He studied law in ]Portsmouth
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with Jeremiah Mason
Jeremiah Mason (April 27, 1768 – October 14, 1848) was a United States senator from New Hampshire.
Early life
Mason was born in Lebanon, Connecticut on April 27, 1768. He was a son of Jeremiah Mason (1729/30–1813) and the former Elizabet ...
, and was admitted to the New Hampshire bar
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around 1806.[ That year, he began practicing law in Charlestown.][ Hubbard married Sally Walker Dean in 1813; together, they would have 5 children.] In 1818, Hubbard purchased 50 shares of the Suffolk Bank Suffolk Bank was a private clearinghouse bank in Boston, Massachusetts, that exchanged specie or locally backed bank notes for notes from country banks to which city-dwellers could not easily travel to redeem notes. The bank was issued its corpor ...
, a clearinghouse bank on State Street in Boston
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Political career
In 1810, Hubbard entered politics for the first time, and was elected to the position of Town Moderator;[ by the end of his life, he would be elected Town Moderator sixteen times.][ In 1812, Hubbard became a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, and served until 1814, as well as from 1819 to 1820, and 1823 to 1827.][ From 1825 to 1827, he was the Speaker of the House.][ Hubbard was also selectman in 1819, 1820 and 1828,][ the ]Judge Advocate
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of the 5th Militia Brigade,[ the Solicitor for Sullivan County from 1823 to 1828][ as well as the state solicitor for Cheshire County during that time,][ and ]Probate Judge
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for Sullivan County beginning in 1827 and ending in 1829.[
Early on, Hubbard was a Federalist,][ but on March 4, 1829, he started as a member of the United States House of Representatives, as a ]Jackson Democrat
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.[ He served during the 21st, 22nd, and 23rd Congresses; in the 22nd, he was the chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.][ Hubbard was also the Speaker pro tem in 1834,][ and he left the House on March 3, 1835, having been elected to the ]United States Senate
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as a Democrat
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.[ During the 24th, ]25th
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, and 26th Congresses, Hubbard held the position of chairman of the Committee on Claims.[ He ended his career in the Senate on March 3, 1841.][ Hubbard gained the Democratic nomination for ]Governor of New Hampshire
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, and was elected by popular vote in 1842, winning re-election in 1843.[ As Governor, Hubbard "favored lowering high national protective tariffs, denounced capital punishment, and called for state legislation to curb corporate shareholder profits made at the public expense."][ He also argued that women who owned property should be given a tax reduction.][
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Later life
Hubbard was the subtreasurer in Boston
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from 1846 to 1849,[ afterwards returning to Charlestown to practice law.][ He died there on June 5, 1857, and was interred in Forest Hill Cemetery.][
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