Edmund W. Hubard

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

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.

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. He represented the district of Lynchburg. Hubard was not a candidate for re-election in 1846 and instead resumed engagements in agricultural pursuits.

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.

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, and was interred in the family cemetery near the home.