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Richard W. Hubbell
District Attorney of Oconto County, Wisconsin
In office
January 1, 1878 – January 1, 1880
Preceded byH. M. Woodmansee
Succeeded byO. F. Trudell
County Judge of Oconto County, Wisconsin
In office
January 1, 1870 – January 1, 1878
Preceded byJoseph Hall
Succeeded byAlbert Reinhart
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the Oconto district
In office
January 1, 1872 – January 5, 1874
Preceded byParlan Semple (Oconto–Shawano)
Succeeded byHenry M. Royce
Personal details
Born(1840-11-08)November 8, 1840
Ithaca, New York, U.S.
DiedApril 5, 1910(1910-04-05) (aged 69)
Wautoma, Wisconsin, U.S.
Resting placeWautoma Union Cemetery, Wautoma, Wisconsin
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Emily Towner Snover
​
​
(m. 1871⁠–⁠1910)​
Children
  • Susan E. (Flowers)
  • (b. 1871; died 1944)
  • Emil Hubbell
  • (b. 1872)
  • Theodore Dewitt Hubbell
  • (b. 1872; died 1940)
  • Kittie Snover Hubbell
  • (b. 1876; died 1877)
  • Richard Sinclair Hubbell
  • (b. 1877; died 1953)
  • Marjorie Elinor (Rhoads)
  • (b. 1888; died 1956)
Parent
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin
ProfessionLawyer, judge
Military service
AllegianceUnited States
Branch/serviceUnited States Volunteers
Union Army
Years of service1862–1865
RankMajor, USV
Unit
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War

Richard Walter Hubbell (November 8, 1840 – April 5, 1910) was an American lawyer, politician, and judge. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Oconto County during the 1872 and 1873 sessions, and also served as county judge and district attorney. In the American Civil War, he served as a Union Army artillery officer. He was a son of Levi Hubbell—the first Wisconsin state official to be impeached.

Early life and education

Born in Ithaca, New York, Hubbell moved with his parents to Wisconsin Territory in 1844 and settled in Milwaukee. Hubbell's father was a prominent lawyer and judge in these days, and afforded a good education for his sons. Hubbell attended a college preparatory course in 1853, and then attended the University of Wisconsin from 1854 through 1858, graduating with a bachelor's degree. Hubbell flourished at the University and was one of the charter members there of the Hesperia literary society, along with his lifelong friend William Freeman Vilas.[1] Hubbell subsequently earned his master's degree in 1861, and was admitted to the bar in 1862.

Civil War service

In the second year of the war, as new calls were being made for volunteers to the Union Army, Hubbell saw several of his University classmates joining the service. William F. Vilas recruited a company for the 23rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, which Hubbell sought to join, but was too late to register a spot.[1] He instead joined a company for the 24th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, and was enrolled as a sergeant in Company I of that regiment.[2]

He served only a few months with the 24th Wisconsin Infantry, but saw serious combat with them at the Battle of Perryville. In the Winter of 1862–1863, he accepted a commission to become a first lieutenant in the 1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery Regiment.[2] With the 1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery, he served with Battery B, which was stationed for the rest of the war at forts in Kentucky and Tennessee. He was promoted to captain of his battery in July 1864, and was then made a major in the regiment in September 1864. He mustered out with the rest of the regiment in June 1865.[3]

After the war, Hubbell moved to Oconto, Wisconsin, and established a legal practice. Hubbell became active with the Republican Party of Wisconsin and first ran for Wisconsin State Assembly in 1867. He failed in that campaign, but was subsequently elected to two consecutive terms, serving in the 1872 and 1873 sessions.[4] In the meantime, he was also elected to two four-year terms as county judge for Oconto County, serving in that office from 1870 through 1878. In the 1877 election, rather than running again for judge, he ran for and was elected district attorney, for a two year term.

In 1890, Hubbell moved to Wautoma, Wisconsin, without his family and continued to practice law.[5] He died at his home in Wautoma in 1910, he had been in ill health.[6]

Personal life and family

Richard Hubbell was one of at least four children of Levi Hubbell, a Wisconsin pioneer lawyer and judge who served in Wisconsin's first state supreme court and was the first state official to be impeached by the Wisconsin Legislature. He was not convicted in his impeachment trial, and later served as United States Attorney for Wisconsin.[7]

Richard's grandfather, Abijah Hubbell, served in the American Revolutionary War. The Hubbells were descendants of Richard Hubbell, an English immigrant who came to the Connecticut Colony about 1650.[7]

Richard W. Hubbell married Emily Snover in 1871.[8] They had at least six children, but at least one died in infancy.

In addition to his legal career, Hubbell was a lifelong literary enthusiast and wrote his own poetry and prose. For much of his life, including his final years, Hubbell wrote for and edited the Wisconsin Alumni Magazine in its various incarnations. Near the end of his life, he published several of his poems in the magazine.[9][10][11]

He was also apparently a fishing enthusiast, and authored a pamphlet on fly fishing, titled Hints on Fly Fishing.[12]

Electoral history

Wisconsin Assembly (1871, 1872)

Wisconsin Assembly, Oconto District Election, 1871[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
General Election, November 7, 1871
Republican Richard W. Hubbell 646 66.05%
Democratic J. W. Couillard 332 33.95%
Plurality 314 32.11%
Total votes 978 100.0%
Republican win (new seat)
Wisconsin Assembly, Oconto District Election, 1872[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
General Election, November 5, 1872
Republican Richard W. Hubbell (incumbent) 945 64.95% −1.10%
Democratic Ely Wright 510 35.05%
Plurality 435 29.90% -2.21%
Total votes 1,455 100.0% +48.77%
Republican hold

References

  1. ^ a b Hubbell, Richard W. (October 1908). "Colonel Vilas as a Student". Wisconsin Alumni Magazine. Vol. 10, no. 1. pp. 31–32. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Twenty-Fourth Regiment Infantry". Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861–1865 (Report). Vol. 2. Officer of the Adjutant General of Wisconsin. 1886. p. 277. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
  3. ^ "First Regiment Heavy Artillery". Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861–1865 (Report). Vol. 1. Office of the Adjutant General of Wisconsin. 1886. pp. 254, 260. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Official Directory". The Legislative Manual of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. 1873. p. 449–450. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  5. ^ "News of the Alumni". Wisconsin Alumni Magazine. Vol. 7, no. 1. October 1905. p. 8. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
  6. ^ "Death of Major Hubbell". Stevens Point Journal. April 16, 1910. p. 1. Retrieved August 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ a b Hubbell, Walter (1915). History of the Hubbell Family. Walter Hubbell. pp. 121–122, 252. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
  8. ^ Nelson, William (1897). Genealogy of the Doremus Family in America. The Press Printing and Publishing Company. pp. 68–69. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
  9. ^ Hubbell, R. W. (January 1909). "Mendota". Wisconsin Alumni Magazine. Vol. 10, no. 4. p. 169. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
  10. ^ Hubbell, R. W. (May 1909). "Alma Mater". Wisconsin Alumni Magazine. Vol. 10, no. 8. p. 340. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
  11. ^ Hubbell, R. W. (May 1906). "Grand Review at Arlington". Wisconsin Alumni Magazine. Vol. 7, no. 8. pp. 359–360. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
  12. ^ "News of the Alumni". Wisconsin Alumni Magazine. Vol. 7, no. 5. February 1906. p. 206. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
  13. ^ "Official Directory". The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin (Report). State of Wisconsin. 1872. pp. 453–454. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
Wisconsin State Assembly
Preceded by
Parlan Semple (Oconto–Shawano)
 Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Oconto district
January 1, 1872 – January 5, 1874 		Succeeded by
Henry M. Royce
Legal offices
Preceded by
Joseph Hall
 County Judge of Oconto County, Wisconsin
January 1, 1870 – January 1, 1878 		Succeeded by
Albert Reinhart
Preceded by
H. M. Woodmansee
 District Attorney of Oconto County, Wisconsin
January 1, 1878 – January 1, 1880 		Succeeded by
O. F. Trudell
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