Harry Hibbard Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon.
Harry Hibbard
State:New Hampshire
District:3rd
Term Start:March 3, 1853
Term End:March 3, 1855
Preceded:Jared Perkins
Succeeded:Aaron H. Cragin
State2:New Hampshire
District2:4th
Term Start2:March 4, 1849
Term End2:March 3, 1853
Preceded2:James Hutchins Johnson
Succeeded2:District Eliminated
Office3:Member of the New Hampshire Senate
Term3:1845
1847-1848
Office4:Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
Term4:1843-1845
Birth Date:1 June 1816
Resting Place:Village Cemetery, Bath, New Hampshire, US
Spouse:Sara King Hale Bellows Hibbard
Children:Alice Hibbard
Relations:Ellery Albee Hibbard
Parents:David Hibbard
Susannah Streeter Hibbard
Profession:Lawyer
Politician
Alma Mater:Dartmouth College

Harry Hibbard (June 1, 1816 – July 28, 1872) was an American politician and a United States Representative from New Hampshire.

Early life

Born in Concord, Vermont, Hibbard pursued classical studies. He graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire in 1835 where he studied law. After graduation, he was admitted to the bar in 1838 and commenced practice in Bath, Grafton County, New Hampshire.

Career

Hibbard was an assistant clerk and clerk of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1840 to 1842. He served as an elected member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1843 to 1845 and Speaker in 1844 and 1845. He served in the New Hampshire Senate in 1845, 1847, and 1848 and as president of that body in 1847 and 1848.[1] In addition, he served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1848 and 1856.

Elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first, Thirty-second, and Thirty-third Congresses, Hibbard served as United States Representative for the state of New Hampshire from (March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1855). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1854. After leaving Congress, he declined an appointment to the New Hampshire Supreme Court.

Death

Hibbard died in a sanatorium in Somerville, Massachusetts on July 28, 1872, and is interred at the Village Cemetery, Bath, New Hampshire.

Family life

Son of David and Susannah Streeter, Hibbard married Sara King Hale Bellows on May 13, 1848, and they had one daughter, Alice.[2] Sarah was the daughter of Salma Hale, and had been married to Stephen R. Bellows, who died months after their marriage in 1843.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Partridge. Henry Villiers. A History of Norwich, Vermont. 1905. Dartmouth Press, 1905. 133. 10 September 2014.
  2. Book: Worcester, Foster, Bell. Samuel Thomas, William Lawrence, Charles Henry. In Memory of Sarah King Hibbard (1822-1879): Wife of Harry Hibbard of Bath, and Daughter of Salma Hale, of Keene, N.H.. 1883. Press of Deland and Barta, 1883. 7. Harry Hibbard.. 10 September 2014.
  3. News: Guide to the Hibbard Collection, 1695-1875 . October 31, 2021 . New Hampshire Historical Society.