Born in
New Haven, Connecticut, Hubbard pursued a
classical education, graduating from
Yale College in 1799. In New York he studied law under
John Woodworth, was admitted to the bar in 1804, and commenced practice in
Hamilton, New York. Hubbard was
Surrogate of
Madison County, New York from 1806 to 1816. In
1812, he was a
presidential elector voting for the
DeWitt Clinton ticket. Hubbard was elected as a
Democratic-Republican to the
15th United States Congress, serving from 1817 to 1819. He was Chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department. During his congressional term, he held concurrently the post of District Attorney of the Sixth District (1816–18) and of Madison County (1818–21). Hubbard was again elected to the
17th United States Congress, serving from 1821 to 1823. Afterward he removed to
Utica, the seat of
Oneida County, New York. He formed a partnership with
Greene C. Bronson and was later appointed Clerk of the
New York Supreme Court, a position he held from 1825 to 1835. He was one of the founders of
Hamilton College and Hamilton Academy in
Clinton, New York, was a trustee of
Utica Free Academy and was the first president of the board of directors of the
New York State Lunatic Asylum at Utica, which opened in 1843. In
1844 and
1852, he was again a presidential elector, both times on the Democratic ticket, voting for
James Knox Polk and
Franklin Pierce. ==Family==