[1] The son of Congressman Chester D. Hubbard,[2] he served as a member of the 60th and 61st United States Congresses.

After earning a Masters of Arts degree in 1866, again at Wesleyan,[2] he returned to Wheeling and commenced the practice of law in 1866.

At the 1912 Republican convention, Hubbard was a leading supporter[2] of Theodore Roosevelt in his unsuccessful attempt to retake the White House.

From 1901 to 1903 he served as chairman of the commission to revise the tax laws of West Virginia.

[1] This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress