Levi Hubbell

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Levi N. Hubbell

| image = Levi Hubbell.jpg

| caption =

| office = United States Attorney for the {{nowrap|Eastern District of Wisconsin}}

| term_start = 1871

| term_end = June 1875

| appointer = Ulysses S. Grant

| predecessor = {{unbulleted list

| John B. D. Cogswell

| (District of Wisconsin)

}}

| successor = Gerry Whiting Hazelton

|order1 = 2nd

|title1 = Chief Justice of the {{nowrap|Wisconsin Supreme Court}}

| term_start1 = June 18, 1851

| term_end1 = January 2, 1852

| predecessor1 = Alexander W. Stow

| successor1 = Edward V. Whiton

|office2 = Justice of the {{nowrap|Wisconsin Supreme Court}}

| status2 = ex officio

| term_start2 = August 28, 1848

| term_end2 = June 1, 1853

|office3 = Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge {{nowrap|for the 2nd Circuit}}

| term_start3 = August 28, 1848

| term_end3 = September 9, 1856

| predecessor3 = Position Established

| successor3 = Alexander Randall

|state4 = Wisconsin

|state_assembly4 = Wisconsin

|district4 = Milwaukee 1st

| term_start4 = January 1, 1864

| term_end4 = January 1, 1865

| predecessor4 = John Sharpstein

| successor4 = Jackson Hadley

|state5 = New York

|state_assembly5 = New York

|district5 = Tompkins 1st

| term_start5 = January 1, 1841

| term_end5 = January 1, 1842

| predecessor5 = William Henry Bogart

| successor5 = Charles Humphrey

|nationality = American

|birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1808|4|15}}

| birth_place = Ballston Spa, New York

| death_date = {{death date and age|1876|12|8|1808|4|15}}

| death_place = Milwaukee, Wisconsin

| restingplace = Forest Home Cemetery
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

|party = {{unbulleted list

| Republican

| National Union (1864)

| Whig (before 1855)

}}

|spouse = {{unbulleted list

| Susan Linn (DeWitt) Hubbell

| (m. 1836; died 1849)

| Mary Morris (Beall) Hubbell

| (m. 1852; died 1866)

}}

|children = {{unbulleted list

| Simeon DeWitt Hubbell

| {{sup|(b. 1837; died 1915)}}

| Richard Walter Hubbell

| {{sup|(b. 1840; died 1910)}}

| Singleton Beall Hubbell

| {{sup|(b. 1855; died 1884)}}

| Mary Morris Cooper Hubbell

| {{sup|(b. 1858; died 1879)}}

}}

|father = Abijah Hubbell

|mother = Clarissa (Fitch) Hubbell

|relatives =

|residence =

|alma_mater = Union College

|occupation = lawyer, judge

|signature = Signature of Levi Hubbell (1808–1876).png

|branch = New York Militia

|branch_label = Service

|serviceyears = 1833–1836

|rank = Major General

|commands = Adjutant General of New York

|unit =

}}

Levi Hubbell (April 15, 1808 – December 8, 1876) was an American lawyer, judge, and politician. He was the first Wisconsin state official to be impeached by the Wisconsin State Assembly in his role as Wisconsin circuit court judge for the 2nd circuit. He was also Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court prior to the 1852 law which organized a separate Supreme Court, and he later became the first United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. He served one term each in the Wisconsin State Assembly and New York State Assembly.[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hubbeel-hudnut.html The Political Graveyard.com lists three Levi Hubbells; they are the same man]

Biography

Born in Ballston, New York, Hubbell graduated from Union College in 1827 and was admitted to the New York Bar. He practiced law with his brother at Canandaigua, New York.{{Cite book|last=Winslow, John Bradley, 1851-1920.|title=Story of a great court : being a sketch history of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin, its judges and their times from the admission of the state to the death of Chief Justice Ryan|publisher=Chicago : T. H. Flood & company|year=1907|pages=16}}

Hubbell was appointed Adjutant General of New York from 1833 to 1836[https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS8879 Wisconsin Historical Society] by Governor William Marcy and served in the New York Assembly in 1841 as a Whig.

In 1844, Hubbell moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin Territory where he practiced law at Finch & Lynde. When Wisconsin was admitted to the union on May 29, 1848, he ran as an independent Democrat in the second district, which then included both Milwaukee and Dane counties and was elected as one of the Wisconsin Circuit Court judges, which at that time constituted the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Hubbell became chief justice of the supreme court after Alexander W. Stow left office. In 1853, however, when a new separate Supreme Court was being organized,{{cite act|url= http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/1852/related/acts/395.pdf |year= 1852 |legislature= 5th Wisconsin Legislature |pages=601-604 |type= Act 395 | title= An Act to provide for the organization of a separate Supreme Court, and for the election of justices thereof |accessdate= December 18, 2019}} Hubbell lost the nomination for a seat on the new court.

Hubbell remained a circuit court judge, but was impeached and acquitted by the Wisconsin State Legislature on charges of corruption. He soon resigned in 1856, but in 1863, he was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly.

In 1871, he was appointed United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, but was forced to resign in 1875 because of accusations of corruption.Wisconsin Court System. [https://wicourts.gov/courts/supreme/justices/retired/hubbell.htm Levi Hubbell (1808-1876)].[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=2350&search_term=hubbell Levi Hubbell, Wisconsin Historical Society][http://lrbdigital.legis.wisconsin.gov/digital/collection/p16831coll2/id/1303/rec/45 Members of the Wisconsin State Legislature 1848-1999]

Hubbell died in Milwaukee on December 8, 1876.[https://archive.org/details/historyhubbellf00hubbgoog/page/n209 History of the Hubbell Family] He was buried at Forest Home Cemetery in Milwaukee.

He was married twice. He had two sons with his first wife, Susan Linn DeWitt of Albany, and a son, Dr. Singleton Beall Hubbell, M.D., and a daughter with the second wife, Miss Beall.{{Cite book|title=History of the Hubbell family : containing genealogical records of the ancestors and descendents of Richard Hubbell from A.D. 1086 to A.D. 1915|last=Hubbell, Walter|date=1915|publisher=Hubbell|oclc=698023440}}