Tyler, TX, United States
Richard Bennett Hubbard. (1832-1901) Georgia native Richard Bennett Hubbard came to Texas in 1853 and set up a law practice in Tyler with B. T. Selman, later a state senator. Politically active, Hubbard became a leading spokesman for the Democratic Party. His early career in government included serv
ice as U. S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas, 1857-59, and state legislator, 1859-61. At the outbreak of the Civil War Hubbard raised a battalion, which later became the 22nd Texas Infantry
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