Joel Douglas Hubbard

Who was Joel Douglas Hubbard?

Joel Douglas Hubbard was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.

Born near Marshall, Missouri, Hubbard attended the public schools and Central College, Fayette, Missouri. He was graduated from the Missouri Medical College at St. Louis in 1882. Practiced medicine in Syracuse, Missouri, until 1886. County clerk 1886-1894.

Hubbard was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress. He studied law. He was admitted to the Missouri bar in 1899 and commenced practice in Versailles, Missouri. He also engaged in the banking business. Practiced medicine in Sedalia, Missouri, in 1904 and 1905. He returned to Versailles and resumed the practice of law and his banking interests. He moved to El Paso, Texas, in 1917 and continued the practice of law. He died in Tampa, Florida, on May 26, 1919. He was interred in Versailles Cemetery, Versailles, Missouri.