Chester Dorman Hubbard (November 25, 1814 – August 23, 1891) was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from West Virginia

West Virginia

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, father of Congressman William Pallister Hubbard

William P. Hubbard

William Pallister Hubbard was an American Republican politician from Wheeling, West Virginia who served as a United States Representative. The son of Congressman Chester D. Hubbard, he served as a member of the 60th and 61st United States Congresses.Hubbard attended the public schools and Linsly...

.

Born in Hamden, Connecticut

Hamden, Connecticut

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, Hubbard moved with his parents in 1819 to Wheeling, Virginia

Wheeling, West Virginia

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 (now West Virginia).
He was graduated from the Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts college founded in 1831 and located in Middletown, Connecticut. According to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Wesleyan is the only Baccalaureate College in the nation that emphasizes undergraduate instruction in the arts and...

, Middletown, Connecticut

Middletown, Connecticut

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, in 1840.
He engaged in banking and in the manufacture of iron and lumber.
He served as member of the Virginia House of Delegates

Virginia House of Delegates

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 in 1852 and 1853.
He served as delegate to the Virginia convention in Richmond, Virginia

Richmond, Virginia

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 in 1861 and opposed secession.
He served as delegate to the West Virginia convention in Wheeling the same year.
He served in the senate of West Virginia in 1863 and 1864.
He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention

Republican National Convention

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 in 1864 and 1880.

Hubbard was elected as an Unconditional Unionist to the 39th United States Congress

39th United States Congress

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 and reelected as a Republican

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 to the 40th United States Congress

40th United States Congress

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 (March 4, 1865-March 3, 1869).
He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Interior (Fortieth Congress).
He resumed banking and manufacturing pursuits.
He died in Wheeling, W.Virginia on August 23, 1891.
He was interred in Greenwood Cemetery.

Hubbard also was one of the co-founders of the Eclectic Society

Eclectic Society (Fraternity)

The Eclectic Society was originally a college fraternity at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, and was one of older fraternal college organizations in the United States...

, originally a college fraternity at Wesleyan. The Eclectic Society was founded in 1838, making it one of older fraternal college organizations in the United States.

See also

• United States Congressional Delegations from West Virginia

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