Joel Douglas Hubbard was a U.S. Representative

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 from Missouri

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Born near Marshall, Missouri

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, Hubbard attended the public schools and Central College, Fayette, Missouri

Fayette, Missouri

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He was graduated from the Missouri Medical College at St. Louis in 1882.
Practiced medicine in Syracuse, Missouri

Syracuse, Missouri

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, until 1886.
County clerk 1886-1894.

Hubbard was elected as a Republican

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 to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the Missouri bar in 1899 and commenced practice in Versailles, Missouri

Versailles, Missouri

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He also engaged in the banking business.
Practiced medicine in Sedalia, Missouri

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, in 1904 and 1905.
He returned to Versailles and resumed the practice of law and his banking interests.
He moved to El Paso, Texas

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, in 1917 and continued the practice of law.
He died in Tampa, Florida

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, on May 26, 1919.
He was interred in Versailles Cemetery, Versailles, Missouri

Versailles, Missouri

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