| Charles Edmund Hibbard | |
| Office: | Delegate to the 1917 Massachusetts Constitutional Convention |
| Term Start: | June 6, 1917 |
| Term End: | August 13, 1919 |
| Office2: | Mayor of Pittsfield, Massachusetts[1] |
| Term Start2: | 1891 |
| Term End2: | 1891 |
| Predecessor2: | Board of Selectmen |
| Office3: | District Attorney for Hampden and Berkshire Counties, Massachusetts |
| Term Start3: | 1888 |
| Term End3: | 1893 |
| Birth Date: | March 15, 1844 |
| Birth Place: | Farmington Falls, Maine |
| Death Date: | August 11, 1922 |
| Death Place: | Pittsfield, Massachusetts |
| Spouse: | Henrietta Hayden |
| Children: | Charles Lovejoy Hibbard; Mary Page Hibbard; Frederic Walbridge Hibbard |
Charles Edmund Hibbard (March 15, 1844 – August 11, 1922) was an American lawyer, banker and politician who served as the Western Massachusetts District Attorney and as the first Mayor of Pittsfield, Massachusetts.[1]
Hibbard was born on March 15, 1844[1] in Farmington Falls, Maine, he attended Phillips Andover and graduated from Amherst College in 1867.[1] After he graded from Amherst College Hibbard began his study of the law in the Woodstock, Vermont office of William Collamer. Hibbard later finished his course of legal study with William M. Rogers of Methuen, Massachusetts.
On February 2, 1870 Hibbard married Henrietta Hayden in her hometown of Montpelier, Vermont, they had three children, Charles Lovejoy Hibbard and Mary Page Hibbard, and Frederic Walbridge Hibbard.
Hibbard was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar on April 21, 1869 however he first worked as a lawyer in Tama, Iowa after about two years in Iowa Hibbard moved to Boston, and then in 1881 moved to Lee, Massachusetts, finally in 1887 he moved to Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
In addition to his work as a lawyer, Hibbard was also involved in banking, he served as a trustee of the Lee Savings Bank, and as the president of the Berkshire Loan and Trust.[1]
In 1884 Hubbard ran for the office of the District Attorney for the Western District (which consisted of Hampden and Berkshire Counties), he lost that election to Andrew J. Waterman. In 1887 Hibbard ran once again for the District Attorney position this time he won defeating his opponent Judge James R. Dunbar, Hibbard was reelected three years later defeating William H. Brooks, Hibbard served a total of six years as District Attorney.
In 1890 Hibbard was elected the first mayor of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, serving a one-year term[1] in 1891.
In 1916 the Massachusetts legislature and electorate approved a calling of a Constitutional Convention. Hibbard was elected as one of the representatives of the Massachusetts 1st First Congressional District to the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1917.
Hibbard served as the president of the Massachusetts Bar Association in 1917.[1]
Hibbard died in his apartment in Pittsfield, Massachusetts on August 11, 1922.