Ellery Albee Hibbard

Ellery Albee Hibbard (July 31, 1826 - July 24, 1903) was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire, cousin of Harry Hibbard.

Born in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia County, Vermont, Hibbard pursued academic studies, then studied law in Haverhill and Exeter, New Hampshire. He was admitted to the bar in 1849 and practiced in Plymouth, New Hampshire, until 1853 and subsequently in Laconia. He served as clerk of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, 1852-1854, as Moderator of Laconia in 1862 and 1863, and as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1865 and 1866.

Hibbard was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second Congress (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1873). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1872 to the Forty-third Congress. He was appointed judge of the New Hampshire Supreme Court in March 1873 and served until 1874, when he resigned and continued the practice of law.

He served as director of Laconia National Bank, as a member of the board of education of Laconia, and died in Laconia, July 24, 1903. He was interred in Union Cemetery.

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