Joel Douglas Hubbard (November 6, 1860 – May 26, 1919) was a

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from

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. Born near

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, Hubbard attended the public schools and Central College,

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. He graduated from

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at St. Louis in 1882 and practiced medicine in

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until 1886. Hubbard was a County clerk from 1886-1894. Hubbard was elected as a

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to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897). However, he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress. Having studied law Hubbard was admitted to the Missouri bar in 1899 and commenced practice in

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. He also engaged in the banking business. He practiced medicine in

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, in 1904 and 1905. He returned to Versailles and resumed the practice of law and his banking interests. He moved to

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, in 1917 and continued the practice of law. He died in

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, on May 26, 1919. He was interred in Versailles Cemetery,

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hubbard, Joel Douglas 1860 births 1919 deaths Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri 19th-century American legislators People from Marshall, Missouri People from Versailles, Missouri Washington University School of Medicine alumni