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Texas Governor Richard Bennett Hubbard:An Inventory of Records at the Texas State Archives, 1870-1878 (bulk 1877-1878)
Biographical SketchRichard Bennett Hubbard served as governor of Texas from December 1, 1876 to January 21, 1879. He was born in Georgia on November 1, 1832 and graduated from Mercer College (1851) and Harvard Law School (1853). Hubbard then moved to Texas and began practicing law in Tyler. While campaigning for James Buchanan in the presidential election of 1856, Hubbard's oratorical skill earned him the nickname of "the Demosthenes of Texas." He was appointed U.S. district attorney for the Western District of Texas in 1858, and elected state representative in 1859. After serving as a colonel in the Confederate Army, Hubbard farmed until he could resume his law practice upon being pardoned. He was elected Richard Coke's lieutenant governor in 1873 and 1876. When Coke resigned in December 1876 to become U.S. Senator, Hubbard became governor and served out his term. No legislatures met during this period. Besides an enormous public debt, Hubbard had to contend with renewed feuding and outlawry in the state. Other issues included the penitentiary lease system, the rise of the Grange and the Greenback Party, and the first experiments with the party primary. Hubbard received a majority of votes for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in July 1878, but did not receive a two-thirds majority. He was passed over in favor of the compromise candidate, Oran Roberts. President Grover Cleveland appointed Hubbard U.S. minister to Japan from 1885-1889. In 1899, Hubbard's book The United States and the Far East was published. He died in Tyler in 1901. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Contents of the RecordsTypes of records are correspondence, reports from state officials, including the Adjutant General and the Comptroller, claims, letterpress books, and messages to the Texas Legislature, dating from 1870 to 1878, with the bulk of the material dating from 1877 to 1878. Documents are records from Richard Bennett Hubbard's term as governor of Texas from December 1876 to January 1879. Correspondence covers relations with Mexico, ranger units, outlaws, bandits and violence, recommendations and requests for appointment to office, and the sale of state bonds. Correspondents are state officials, citizens recommending persons for appointed office or reporting problems in counties, and brokers interested in purchasing bonds. Return to the Table of Contents
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Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationPreferred Citation(Identify the item), Records, Texas Governor Richard Bennett Hubbard. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Accession InformationNo accession information for these records was located. Processing InformationJune 1984 Tonia J. Wood, December 1995 Return to the Table of Contents Detailed Description of the Records
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