Edmund Wilcox Hubard (February 20, 1806 – December 9, 1878) was a nineteenth-century politician, appraiser and justice of the peace from Virginia, USA. Biography Born near Farmville, Virginia, Hubard attended private schools as a child and went on to attend the University of Virginia. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and was a justice of the peace before being elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1840, serving from 1841 to 1847. Hubard was not a candidate for re-election in 1846 and instead resumed engagements in agricultural pursuits. During the Civil War, he was a colonel of a militia regiment in 1864 and was an appraiser of the Confederate States Government to regulate the value of the Confederate dollar. Hubard died at his home near Farmville, Virginia, on December 9, 1878, and was interred in the family cemetery near the home. Electoral history 1841 Hubard was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 50.42% of the vote, defeating Whig John T. Hill. 1843 Hubard was re-elected with 51.51% of the vote, defeating Whig Richard H. Toler. 1845 Hubard won re-election with 49.93% of the vote, defeating Whig John J. Hill. External links Hubard Family Papers 1741-1907 University of North Carolina. Retrieved on 2008-10-10 1806 births 1878 deaths University of Virginia alumni Confederate States Army officers People of Virginia in the American Civil War Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia 19th-century American politicians People from Farmville, Virginia