Thomas Hill Hubbard

Thomas Hill Hubbard, (December 5, 1781 - May 21, 1857) was a United States Representative from New York state. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut.

As a young man Hubbard pursued classical studies, graduating from from Yale College in 1799. He then studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1804. Hubbard then practice law in Hamilton, New York. In his career he served as surrogate of Madison County 1806-1816, presidential elector on the Clinton and Ingersoll presidential ticket in 1812, district attorney of the sixth district 1816-1818, and of Madison County 1818-1821. Also he was elected as a Republican to the Fifteenth Congress, serving from March 4, 1817 till March 3, 1819. In the U.S. House Hubbard was chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department. After a one term absence, he was elected to the Seventeenth Congress serving March 4, 1821 to March 3, 1823.

After leaving Congress in 1823, he moved to Utica, New York. There he was appointed as the first clerk of the court of chancery of Oneida County in 1823. Then from 1825 to 1835 he served as a clerk of the state supreme court 1825-1835. Hubbard was one of the founders of Hamilton College in Clinton, New York and of Hamilton Academy.

Later in life he served as a trustee of Utica Academy. In both 1844 and 1852 he was a presidential elector on the Democratic ticket. Thomas Hill Hubbard died in Utica on May 21, 1857 with interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.