Edmund W. Hubard

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Edmund Wilcox Hubard
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 4th district
In office March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847
Preceded by	William Goode
Succeeded by	Thomas S. Bocock
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 5th district
In office March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843
Preceded by	John Hill
Succeeded by	Thomas W. Gilmer
Personal details
Born	(1806-02-20)February 20, 1806 Farmville, Virginia
Died	December 9, 1878(1878-12-09) (aged 72) Farmville, Virginia
Resting place	Farmville, Virginia
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	University of Virginia
Occupation	planter
Military service
Allegiance	Confederate States of America
Branch/service	Virginia state militia
Years of service	1864
Rank	colonel
Battles/wars	American Civil War

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

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

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]

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

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

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

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]

• Hubard Family Papers 1741-1907 University of North Carolina.

• United States Congress. "Edmund W. Hubard (id: H000876)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-10-10

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by John Hill	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 5th congressional district 1841–1843	Succeeded by Thomas W. Gilmer
Preceded by William Goode	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 4th congressional district 1843–1847	Succeeded by Thomas S. Bocock