Levi Hubbell

Levi Hubbell (April 15, 1808 – December 8, 1876) was an American lawyer, judge and politician. He was the first Wisconsin state official to be impeached by the Wisconsin State Assembly in his role as Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge for the 2nd Circuit. He was also Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court prior to the 1852 law which organized a separate Supreme Court, and he later became the first United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. He served one term each in the Wisconsin State Assembly and New York State Assembly.[1]

This article is about the Wisconsin jurist. For the Iowa legislator, see Levi M. Hubbell.
The Honorable

Levi N. Hubbell
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
In office
1871 – June 1875
Appointed byUlysses S. Grant
Preceded by
Succeeded byGerry Whiting Hazelton
2nd Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
In office
June 18, 1851 – January 2, 1852
Preceded byAlexander W. Stow
Succeeded byEdward V. Whiton
Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
In office
August 28, 1848 – June 1, 1853
Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge for the 2nd Circuit
In office
August 28, 1848 – September 9, 1856
Preceded byPosition Established
Succeeded byAlexander Randall
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the Milwaukee 1st district
In office
January 1, 1864 – January 1, 1865
Preceded byJohn Sharpstein
Succeeded byJackson Hadley
Member of the New York State Assembly
from the Tompkins 1st district
In office
January 1, 1841 – January 1, 1842
Preceded byWilliam Henry Bogart
Succeeded byCharles Humphrey
Personal details
Born(1808-04-15)April 15, 1808
Ballston Spa, New York
DiedDecember 8, 1876(1876-12-08) (aged 68)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Resting placeForest Home Cemetery
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
NationalityAmerican
Political party
Spouse(s)
  • Susan Linn (DeWitt) Hubbell
  • (m. 1836; died 1849)
  • Mary Morris (Beall) Hubbell
  • (m. 1852; died 1866)
Children
  • Simeon DeWitt Hubbell
  • (b. 1837; died 1915)
  • Richard Walter Hubbell
  • (b. 1840; died 1910)
  • Singleton Beall Hubbell
  • (b. 1855; died 1884)
  • Mary Morris Cooper Hubbell
  • (b. 1858; died 1879)
MotherClarissa (Fitch) Hubbell
FatherAbijah Hubbell
Alma materUnion College
Occupationlawyer, judge
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service New York Militia
Years of service1833–1836
RankAdjutant General

Biography

Born in Ballston, New York, Hubbell graduated from Union College in 1827 and was admitted to the New York Bar. He practiced law with his brother at Canandaigua, New York.[2]

Hubbell was appointed adjutant general of the New York Militia from 1833 to 1836[3] by Governor William Marcy and served in the New York Assembly in 1841 as a Whig.

In 1844, Hubbell moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin Territory where he practiced law at Finch & Lynde. When Wisconsin was admitted to the union on May 29, 1848, he ran as an independent Democrat in the second district, which then included both Milwaukee and Dane counties and was elected as one of the Wisconsin Circuit Court judges, which at that time constituted the Wisconsin Supreme Court.[2] Hubbell became chief justice of the supreme court after Alexander W. Stow left office. In 1853, however, when a new separate Supreme Court was being organized,[4] Hubbell lost the nomination for a seat on the new court.

Hubbell remained a circuit court judge, but was impeached and acquitted by the Wisconsin State Legislature on charges of corruption. He soon resigned in 1856, but in 1863, he was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly.

In 1871, he was appointed United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, but was forced to resign in 1875 because of accusations of corruption.[5][6][7]

Hubbell died in Milwaukee on December 8, 1876.[8] He was buried at Forest Home Cemetery in Milwaukee.

He was married twice. He had two sons with his first wife, Miss DeWitt of Albany, and a son, Dr. Singleton Beall Hubbell, M.D., and a daughter with the second wife, Miss Beall.[9]

See also

Notes
  1. The Political Graveyard.com lists three Levi Hubbells; they are the same man
  2. Winslow, John Bradley, 1851-1920. (1907). Story of a great court : being a sketch history of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin, its judges and their times from the admission of the state to the death of Chief Justice Ryan. Chicago : T. H. Flood & company. p. 16.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. Wisconsin Historical Society
  4. "An Act to provide for the organization of a separate Supreme Court, and for the election of justices thereof". Act 395 of 1852 (PDF). 5th Wisconsin Legislature. pp. 601–604. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
  5. Wisconsin Court System. Levi Hubbell (1808-1876).
  6. Levi Hubbell, Wisconsin Historical Society
  7. Members of the Wisconsin State Legislature 1848-1999
  8. History of the Hubbell Family
  9. Hubbell, Walter (1915). History of the Hubbell family : containing genealogical records of the ancestors and descendents of Richard Hubbell from A.D. 1086 to A.D. 1915. Hubbell. OCLC 698023440.
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