Nicholas L. Hubbard (May 8, 1895 – January 4, 1983) was an American politician, farmer, and businessman.

Early life

Hubbard was born in

Mount Pulaski, Illinois Mount Pulaski is a city in Logan County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,566 at the 2010 census, and 1,481 at a 2018 estimate. It is the home of the Mount Pulaski Courthouse State Historic Site. The city is named in honor of Polish R ...

. He went to the Mount Pulaski Public Schools and graduated from

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Career

Hubbard served in the

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during

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and was commissioned a second lieutenant. He taught school in Mount Pulaski and was a farmer. He was involved with the grain elevator business and was the owner of the Mount Pulaski Grain Company. Hubbard served in the

Illinois House of Representatives The Illinois House of Representatives is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly. The body was created by the first Illinois Constitution adopted in 1818. The House under the current constitution as amended in 1980 consists of 118 re ...

from 1935 to 1941 and in the

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from 1941 to 1945. Hubbard was a

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. Hubbard died at the Abraham Lincoln Hospital in

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.'Former state legislator N.L. Hubbard dies,' The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois), January 6, 1983, pg. 3

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