Samuel Dickinson Hubbard

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Samuel Hubbard

|image = SDHubbard.jpg

|office = 15th United States Postmaster General

|president = Millard Fillmore
Franklin Pierce

|term_start = August 31, 1852

|term_end = March 7, 1853

|predecessor = Nathan K. Hall

|successor = James Campbell

|state1 = Connecticut

|district1 = {{ushr|CT|2|2nd}}

|term_start1 = March 4, 1845

|term_end1 = March 3, 1849

|predecessor1 = John Stewart

|successor1 = Walter Booth

|birth_name = Samuel Dickinson Hubbard

|birth_date = {{birth date|1799|8|10}}

|birth_place = Middletown, Connecticut, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|1855|10|8|1799|8|10}}

|death_place = Middletown, Connecticut, U.S.

|resting_place = Indian Hill Cemetery

|party = Whig

|spouse = Jane Miles

|education = Yale University {{small|(BA)}}

}}

Samuel Dickinson Hubbard (August 10, 1799 – October 8, 1855) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut and the 15th U.S. Postmaster General.

Early life

Samuel Dickinson Hubbard was born in Middletown, Connecticut. He pursued classical studies at Yale College and graduated in 1819. He practiced law from 1823 to 1837.{{Cite web |date=2016-10-04 |title=Samuel D. Hubbard (1852–1853) {{!}} Miller Center |url=https://millercenter.org/president/fillmore/essays/hubbard-1852-postmaster-general |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=millercenter.org |language=en}}

Career

He then found work in manufacturing, later founding the Russell Manufacturing Company with Samuel Russell in 1824.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=86000150}}|title=NRHP nomination for Russell Company Upper Mill|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=2021-02-18}}

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 from Connecticut's 2nd congressional district, serving from March 4, 1845; to March 3, 1849, both terms as a Whig.

In 1852, President Millard Fillmore appointed him as United States Postmaster General serving from August 31, 1852; to March 7, 1853.{{Cite web |title=Hubbard, Samuel, 1799-1855 {{!}} Dartmouth Library Archives & Manuscripts |url=https://archives-manuscripts.dartmouth.edu/agents/people/9401 |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=archives-manuscripts.dartmouth.edu}}

He was elected as a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1853.[http://www.americanantiquarian.org/memberlisth American Antiquarian Society Members Directory]

Death

Hubbard died on October 8, 1855, aged 55, at his home in Middletown, Connecticut.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brooklyn-daily-eagle-death-of-the-ho/144416228/ |title=Death of the Hon Samuel D. Hubbard |date=1855-10-09 |newspaper=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2024-03-30}}{{Open access}}