Edmund Wilcox Hubard (February 20, 1806 – December 9, 1878) was a nineteenth-century American politician, appraiser and justice of the peace from Virginia.^[1]

Early life and education

Born near Farmville, Virginia, Hubard attended private schools as a child and went on to attend the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.^[2]

Career

He engaged in agricultural pursuits and was a justice of the peace before being elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1840, serving from 1841 to 1847.^[2] He represented the district of Lynchburg.^[1] Hubard was not a candidate for re-election in 1846 and instead resumed engagements in agricultural pursuits.^[2]

During the Civil War, he was a colonel of a militia regiment in 1864 and was an appraiser of the Confederate States Government to regulate the value of the Confederate dollar.^[2]

Electoral history

1841

Hubard was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 50.42% of the vote, defeating Whig John T. Hill.

1843

Hubard was re-elected with 51.51% of the vote, defeating Whig Richard H. Toler.

1845

Hubard won re-election with 49.93% of the vote, defeating Whig John J. Hill.

Death

Hubard died of pneumonia at his home near Farmville, Virginia, then part of Buckhingham County, on December 9, 1878,^[1] and was interred in the family cemetery near the home.^[2]