Edward Burd Hubley (1792 – February 23, 1856) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.[1][2]

Edward B. Hubley
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 8th district
In office
March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1839
Preceded byHenry King
Succeeded byPeter Newhard
Personal details
Born1792 (1792)
Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedFebruary 23, 1856(1856-02-23) (aged 63–64)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Resting placeCharles Evans Cemetery
Political partyJacksonian
Democratic

Biography

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Edward B. Hubley was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, in 1792. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1820 and began his legal practice in Reading. He subsequently moved to Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania, which was the county seat of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.[3][4]

Hubley was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress.[5][6]

He served as canal commissioner of Pennsylvania from 1839 to 1842, and was appointed, on November 8, 1842, as a commissioner to adjust and settle certain claims under the treaty with the Cherokee Indians of 1835.[7]

He then resumed the practice of law in Reading and later moved to Philadelphia, where he died in 1856. He was interred in the Charles Evans Cemetery in Reading, Pennsylvania.[8][9]

References

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  1. ^ "Hubley, Edward Burd" (H000899), in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Washington, D.C.: Offices of the Historians of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, March 18, 2023.
  2. ^ "Hubley, Edward Burd." Ann Arbor, Michigan: The Political Graveyard, May 10, 2022.
  3. ^ "Hubley, Edward Burd," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  4. ^ "Hubley, Edward Burd," The Political Graveyard.
  5. ^ "Hubley, Edward Burd," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  6. ^ "Hubley, Edward Burd," The Political Graveyard.
  7. ^ "Hubley, Edward Burd," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  8. ^ "Hubley, Edward Burd," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  9. ^ "Hubley, Edward Burd," The Political Graveyard.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district

1835–1839
Succeeded by