John W. Hulbert

{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}}  {{Infobox officeholder | name = John Whitefield Hulbert | image = | office1 = Member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] from [[Massachusetts]] | term_start1 = September 26, 1814 | term_end1 = March 3, 1817 | predecessor1 = [[Daniel Dewey]] | successor1 = [[Henry Shaw (Massachusetts)|Henry Shaw]] | constituency1 = [[Massachusetts's 12th congressional district|12th district]] (1814–15) [[Massachusetts's 7th congressional district|7th district]] (1815–17) | order2 = Member of The New York State Assembly from Cayuga County | term_start2 = January 4, 1825 | term_end2 = April 21, 1825<ref name="Murlin1908">{{Citation|last= Murlin|first=Edgar L.| title =The New York Red Book| page = 401 | publisher = J. B. Lyon Company| location =Albany, NY | year = 1908}}</ref> | preceded2 = | succeeded2 = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1770|6|1}} | birth_place = [[Alford, Massachusetts|Alford]], [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]], [[British America]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1831|10|19|1770|6|1}} | death_place = [[Auburn, New York]], U.S. | resting_place = North Street Cemetery | party = [[Federalist Party|Federalist]] | spouse = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = [[Harvard University]] | occupation = | profession = Lawyer | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}

'''John Whitefield Hulbert''' (June 1, 1770 – October 19, 1831) was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from [[Massachusetts]].

Born in [[Alford, Massachusetts|Alford]] in the [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]], Hulbert completed preparatory studies. He graduated from [[Harvard University]] in 1795. He studied law. He was [[Admission to the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar]] and commenced practice in [[Alford, Massachusetts]], in 1797. He served as director of Berkshire Bank, [[Pittsfield, Massachusetts]].

John W. Hulbert's father, Dr. John Hulbert, was also politically-minded. However, the two had almost completely opposite political inclinations. While John W. Hulbert was a [[Federalist Party (United States)|Federalist]], Dr. Hulbert was an active participant in the [[Shays' Rebellion]]. Having received his medical training in [[Sharon, Connecticut]], he traveled across state lines during the period of unrest in order to raise awareness and recruit for the rebellion.<ref name="Sedgwick1898">{{Citation|last= Sedgwick|first= Charles F..| title =General History of the Town of Sharon, 3rd edition| pages = 80–84 | publisher = Charles Walsh Printing and Publishing| location = Sharon, CT | year = 1898}}</ref>

Connecticut State authorities were notified of his operations, and Dr. Hulbert was arrested. The charges against him and his co-conspirators were dropped after the hawkish Massachusetts governor [[James Bowdoin]] was replaced by the more reconciliatory [[John Hancock]].<ref name="Sedgwick1898" />

Hulbert was elected as a [[Federalist Party (United States)|Federalist]] to the [[13th United States Congress|Thirteenth]] Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Daniel Dewey. He was reelected to the [[14th United States Congress|Fourteenth]] Congress and served from September 26, 1814, to March 3, 1817. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1816. He moved to [[Auburn, New York]], in 1817. He represented Cayuga County as Member of the New York State Assembly in [[48th New York State Legislature|1825]].<ref name="Murlin1908" /> He resumed the practice of his profession. He died in [[Auburn, New York]], October 19, 1831. He was interred in North Street Cemetery.

==References== {{CongBio|H000935}} *{{cite web | last = Sedgwick | first = Charles F. | year = 1898 | title = General History of the Town of Sharon, 3rd edition | work = [[Sharon, Connecticut]] | url = https://archive.org/stream/generalhistoryof00sedg/generalhistoryof00sedg_djvu.txt | publisher = Charles Walsh Printing and Publishing }}

==Notes== <references/>

{{s-start}} {{s-par|us-hs}} {{US House succession box | state=Massachusetts | district=12 | before=[[Daniel Dewey]] | after= [[Solomon Strong]] | years=September 28, 1814 – March 3, 1815}} {{US House succession box | state=Massachusetts | district=7 | before=[[William Baylies]] | after= [[Henry Shaw (Massachusetts)|Henry Shaw]] | years=March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817}} {{s-end}}

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