Samuel Dickinson Hubbard

Infobox US Cabinet official
name=Samuel Dickinson Hubbard


image_width=200px
order=15th
title=United States Postmaster General
term_start=August 31, 1852
term_end=March 7, 1853
predecessor=Nathan K. Hall
successor=James Campbell
birth_date=birth date|1799|8|10|mf=y
birth_place=Middletown, Connecticut, U.S.
death_date=death date and age|1855|10|8|1799|8|10
death_place=Middletown, Connecticut, U.S.
party=Whig
spouse=Jane Miles Hubbard
profession=Lawyer, Manufacturer, Politician
religion=

Samuel Dickinson Hubbard (August 10, 1799 – October 8, 1855) was born in Middletown, Connecticut. He pursued classical studies at Yale College and graduated in 1819. He practiced law from 1823 to 1837. He then found work in manufacturing.

Hubbard later got involved in politics and in 1844 he was elected to the Twenty-ninth United States Congress and later reelected to the Thirtieth Congress serving from March 4, 1845 to March 3, 1849, both terms as a Whig.

In 1852, President Millard Fillmore appointed him United States Postmaster General serving from August 31, 1852 to March 7, 1853.

Hubbard died October 8, 1855 in Middletown, Connecticut. He is buried in Indian Hill Cemetery in Middletown with his wife Jane Miles Hubbard.

External links

* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19611 Samuel Dickinson Hubbard] at Find A Grave
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hubbard.html#R9M0J193Q Samuel Dickinson Hubbard] at The Political Graveyard