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William Blackstone Hubbard
Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives
In office
December 5, 1831 – December 2, 1832
Preceded byJames M. Bell
Succeeded byDavid T. Disney
Personal details
Born(1795-08-26)August 26, 1795
Utica, New York, United States
DiedJanuary 5, 1866(1866-01-05) (aged 70)
Columbus, Ohio, United States
Resting placeGreen Lawn Cemetery
Political partyWhig Party
SpouseMargaret Johnston
Childrennine
Signature

William Blackstone Hubbard (1795–1866) was a politician, railroad president, banker and Masonic Grand Master in the U.S state of Ohio.

Youth and legislative career

William B. Hubbard was born in Utica, New York on August 26, 1795. His parents were Bela and Naomi (Stow) Hubbard. The Stows were an old Connecticut family.[1] He received a thorough education and read law with his maternal uncle, Silas Stow. He was admitted to the New York bar, and moved to St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio in 1816.[1]

Hubbard was Belmont County Prosecuting Attorney for several years[1] and was then elected to the Ohio State Senate for the 26th and 27th General Assemblies, serving 1827 to 1829.[2] In February, 1830, a bill he had drafted titled “An Act to incorporate the Ohio Canal and Steubenville Railroad Company” was passed. This was the first railroad legislation in Ohio, and came before a railroad with steam powered locomotive was operational anywhere.[1]

In 1831, Hubbard was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives for the 30th General Assembly and he was re-elected to the 31st, serving 1831 to 1833.[3] For the 30th General Assembly, he was elected Speaker of the House.[4] He was said to have “presided over the deliberations of that body with distinguished dignity and capability”.[5] He was originally a Whig and later became a Republican.[5]

Life in Columbus

Hubbard was the president of the bank in St. Clairsville when he moved to Columbus, Ohio in 1839. He was named president of the Exchange Bank of Columbus, and organized and was president of the First National Bank of Columbus.[5] He was president of the Columbus and Xenia Railroad, and was a director or official of other rail companies.[5] He was a trustee of Ohio University from 1834 to 1865.[5][6] He was consulted on financial matters by Salmon P. Chase when he was Governor and Secretary of the Treasury.[5][7]

Masonic activities

On a visit to New York, Hubbard received his Master Mason degree at Rising Sun Lodge No. 125 on September 12, 1821. He was admitted to Belmont Lodge No. 16 at St. Clairville on October 17, 1821. He became a member of Zanesville, Ohio Chapter No. 9, Royal Arch Masons on August 26, 1822.[7]

In 1841 Hubbard was knighted in Lancaster Encampment. In 1842 he was elected Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter of Ohio. He was General Grand Master of the General Grand Encampment of the United States for twelve years beginning in 1847. He was Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ohio 1850, 1851, and 1852.[7]

Personal

Hubbard married Mary Margaret Johnston of St. Clairsville on January 2, 1817.[7] They had eight[7] or nine[8] children. He died at Columbus on January 5, 1866. He was buried at Green Lawn Cemetery.[9]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Lee, p. 890.
  2. ^ Gilkey, p. 158.
  3. ^ Gilkey, pp. 198, 201.
  4. ^ Gilkey, p. 200.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Lee, p. 891.
  6. ^ Walker, p. 347.
  7. ^ a b c d e Freemason.
  8. ^ Lee, p. 892.
  9. ^ Green Lawn Cemetery.

References

  • Lee, Alfred E (1892). History of the city of Columbus, capital of Ohio. Vol. 1. New York: Munsell and Company.
  • Gilkey, Elliot Howard, ed. (1901). The Ohio Hundred Year Book: a Hand-book of the Public Men and Public Institutions of Ohio ... State of Ohio.
  • Walker, Charles M (1869). History of Athens County, Ohio And Incidentally of the Ohio Land Company and the First Settlement of the State at Marietta etc. Robert Clarke & Company. pp. 346–348.
  • "Burial Records - H". Green Lawn Cemetery.
  • "Past Grand Masters -Ohio 1851 - William Blackstone Hubbard". Freemason.com. Retrieved 2014-11-06.
Ohio Senate
Preceded by Senator from Belmont County
December 3, 1827 - December 6, 1829 		Succeeded by
Ohio House of Representatives
Preceded by Representative from Belmont County
December 5, 1831 - December 1, 1833
Served alongside: John Patton
William Workman 		Succeeded by
John Thompson
Joseph A. Ramage
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