Samuel Dickinson Hubbard

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Samuel Dickinson Hubbard

15th United States Postmaster General
In office August 31, 1852 – March 7, 1853
Preceded by	Nathan K. Hall
Succeeded by	James Campbell
Personal details
Born	(1799-08-10)August 10, 1799 Middletown, Connecticut, U.S.
Died	October 8, 1855(1855-10-08) (aged 56) Middletown, Connecticut, U.S.
Political party	Whig
Spouse(s)	Jane Miles Hubbard
Alma mater	Yale College
Profession	Lawyer, Manufacturer, Politician

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

Samuel Dickinson Hubbard at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
Samuel Dickinson Hubbard at Find A Grave
Samuel Dickinson Hubbard at The Political Graveyard

Political offices
Preceded by Nathan K. Hall	United States Postmaster General Served under: Millard Fillmore August 31, 1852 – March 7, 1853	Succeeded by James Campbell
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by John Stewart	Member from Connecticut's 2nd congressional district March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849	Succeeded by Walter Booth

v t e United States Postmasters General

Confederal	Franklin Bache Hazard

Federal	Osgood Pickering Habersham G. Granger Meigs McLean

Cabinet level Post Office Department	Barry Kendall Niles F. Granger Wickliffe Johnson Collamer Hall Hubbard Campbell A. Brown Holt King Blair Dennison Randall Creswell Marshall Jewell Tyner Key Maynard James Howe Gresham Hatton Vilas Dickinson Wanamaker Bissell Wilson Gary Smith Payne Wynne Cortelyou Meyer Hitchcock Burleson Hays Work New W. Brown Farley Walker Hannegan Donaldson Summerfield Day Gronouski O'Brien Watson Blount

U.S. Postal Service	Blount Klassen Bailar Bolger Carlin Casey Tisch Frank Runyon Henderson Potter Donahoe

v t e Cabinet of President Millard Fillmore (1850–1853)

Vice President	None (1850–1853)

Secretary of State	John Middleton Clayton (1850) Daniel Webster (1850–1852) Edward Everett (1852–1853)

Secretary of the Treasury	William M. Meredith (1850) Thomas Corwin (1850–1853)

Secretary of War	George W. Crawford (1850) Charles M. Conrad (1850–1853)

Attorney General	Reverdy Johnson (1850) John J. Crittenden (1850–1853)

Postmaster General	Jacob Collamer (1850) Nathan K. Hall (1850–1852) Samuel D. Hubbard (1852–1853)

Secretary of the Navy	William B. Preston (1850) William A. Graham (1850–1852) John Pendleton Kennedy (1852–1853)

Secretary of the Interior	Thomas Ewing (1850) Thomas M. T. McKennan (1850) Alexander H. H. Stuart (1850–1853)

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 49124946 LCCN: nr96014415

Persondata
Name	Hubbard, Samuel Dickinson
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	August 10, 1799
Place of birth	Middletown, Connecticut, U.S.
Date of death	October 8, 1855
Place of death	Middletown, Connecticut, U.S.

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