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Henry Hubbard

also: Governor Henry Hubbard · Senator Henry Hubbard

Three-quarter-length lithograph of Henry Hubbard seated in an upholstered chair, in dark coat and waistcoat, with his signature 'H. Hubbard' and the caption 'SENATOR FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE' below
H. Hubbard, Senator from New Hampshire. Lithograph from life by Charles Fenderich, printed P.S. Duval Lith., Philadelphia, published Washington City between 1835 and 1841. Library of Congress, public domain.

Born 3 May 1784 in Charlestown, New Hampshire. Graduated Dartmouth College 1803. Studied law under Jeremiah Mason in Portsmouth and was admitted to the New Hampshire bar c. 1806. Served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives across three terms (1812-1814, 1819-1820, 1823-1827), Speaker 1825-1827. Elected U.S. Representative 1829-1835, U.S. Senator 1835-1841, and 18th Governor of New Hampshire 1842-1844 as a Democrat. Appointed Subtreasurer in Boston 1846-1849. Married Sally Walker Dean in 1813. Five children: Sarah Dean (1814, our direct ancestor), Henry (1817), Nathaniel Dean (1821), Richard (1823), Aaron Dean (1826). Died 5 June 1857 in his birthplace, Charlestown NH.

Occupations

  • Lawyer (admitted New Hampshire bar 1806)
  • Member of New Hampshire House of Representatives (1812-1814, 1819-1820, 1823-1827)
  • Speaker of the New Hampshire House (1825-1827)
  • U.S. Representative from New Hampshire (1829-1835)
  • U.S. Senator from New Hampshire (1835-1841)
  • 18th Governor of New Hampshire (1842-1844)
  • Subtreasurer of the United States at Boston (1846-1849)

Stories

Governor Henry Hubbard of New Hampshire, 1842

1784 to 1857
Henry Hubbard was the eldest son of a respected Charlestown New Hampshire family, born 3 May 1784 on the upper Connecticut River. Dartmouth Class of 1803. Studied law in Portsmouth under Jeremiah Mason. Admitted to the New Hampshire bar around 1806. He served his town in the New Hampshire House across three terms, was elected Speaker, then sent to Washington for three Congresses as a US Representative, then for one term as a US Senator. In 1842 the New Hampshire Democrats elected him the 18th Governor of New Hampshire. Married Sally Walker Dean on 30 November 1813; five children, the eldest Sarah Dean Hubbard born 8 October 1814. Sarah married Amasa Rice in 1848 and bore Robert Addison Rice; the line passed through Charles Leslie Rice (1879), Barbara F Rice (1912 London), Bill Hindman (1945 Syracuse), and into Brant. Henry died in his birthplace 5 June 1857 and was buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Charlestown, under a marble obelisk that still stands. The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery and Library of Congress both hold his portrait; the LOC lithograph by Charles Fenderich (drawn from life, c. 1835-1841) is the one we surface as his page portrait.
Source: Henry Hubbard (Wikipedia article)

Documents and artifacts

portrait
H. Hubbard, Senator from New Hampshire — lithograph from life by Charles Fenderich, c. 1835-1841
Current location: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, https://www.loc.gov/item/2017657759/
H. Hubbard, Senator from New Hampshire — lithograph from life by Charles Fenderich, c. 1835-1841: Henry Hubbard Senate Lithograph (1835) (1841)
memorial-monument
Henry Hubbard gravestone, Forest Hill Cemetery, Charlestown, NH (plot 14 400)
Current location: Forest Hill Cemetery, Charlestown, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, plot 14 400. Find a Grave memorial 7120461.
Henry Hubbard gravestone, Forest Hill Cemetery, Charlestown, NH (plot 14 400): Henry Hubbard Headstone Forest Hill Cemetery
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