Jay Hubbell | |
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 Hubbell, 1865–1880 | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's9th district | |
| In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1883 | |
| Preceded by | District established |
| Succeeded by | Byron M. Cutcheon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jay Abel Hubbell (1829-09-15)September 15, 1829 |
| Died | October 13, 1900(1900-10-13) (aged 71) Houghton, Michigan, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | University of Michigan |
Jay Abel Hubbell (September 15, 1829 – October 13, 1900) was a politician and judge from theU.S. state ofMichigan, who served as aRepublican member of theU.S. House of Representatives.
Hubbell was born in Avon (nowRochester Hills), Michigan. He graduated from theUniversity of Michigan atAnn Arbor in 1853, studied law and was admitted to thebar in 1855. He was electeddistrict attorney of theUpper Peninsula in 1857 and 1859. Two years later, he began serving asprosecuting attorney ofHoughton County from 1861 to 1867.
In 1872, Hubbell was elected as a Republican to the43rd and to the four succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1873, to March 3, 1883, becoming the first to representMichigan's 9th congressional district.GovernorJohn J. Bagley appointed Hubbell as state commissioner to the1876 Centennial International Exhibition, in which capacity he collected and prepared the state exhibit ofminerals. During the47th Congress he chaired theCommittee on Expenditures in the Department of the Interior.
Hubbell is, perhaps, best known for his creation of the "Grand Army Journal" newspaper. This libelous publication was almost universally denounced.[1] Its sole purpose was to defameSenator Thomas Ferry. Ferry was a powerful Senator who was well regarded in Michigan and across the country. Hubbell sought (unsuccessfully) to take his place in the Senate by throwing slanderous headlines in his "Journal" which he mailed out by the thousands.[2]
After leaving Congress, he served in theMichigan Senate from 1885 to 1887, was apresidential elector for Michigan in the1892 election, and served ascircuit judge of the twelfth judicial circuit from 1894 until his resignation in 1899. He died inHoughton, Michigan, and is interred there at Forest Hill Cemetery.
Hubbell is the figure most responsible for getting the state legislature to establish a school of mines for the training of mine engineers in Houghton. Hubbell donated land for the school's first buildings in 1885.[3] The school of mines eventually expanded intoMichigan Technological University.
Jay Abel Hubbell is the eponym ofHubbell, anunincorporated community in Houghton County.
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