Hubert B. Scudder

Born in Sebastopol, California, Scudder graduated from the public schools, supplemented by correspondence courses, night schools, and the reading of law. He became superintendent of utilities for the city of Sebastopol from July 1, 1912 to November 4, 1920. He served in the United States Army Coast Artillery Corps from May to December 1918. He became involved in the insurance and real estate business in November 1920. ==Political career==

Scudder was elected city councilman of Sebastopol in April 1924 and mayor in 1926. He was elected to and served as a member of the California State Assembly from January 1925 to January 1940. He was appointed real estate commissioner of the State of California in January 1943 and resigned March 1, 1948. He served as president of the National Association of License Law Officials from November 1947 to September 1948. Congress Scudder was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-first and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1959). Scudder voted in favor of the Civil Rights Act of 1957. He did not run for re-election in 1958. ==Post-congressional career and death==

After Congress, he returned to the real estate and insurance business. He died in Sebastopol, California, on July 4, 1968, and was interred in Sebastopol Cemetery. ==Electoral history==