# William Hebard

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{{Short description|American judge and politician (1800-1875)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name          = William Hebard
|image         = 
|caption       =
|office1       = Member of the [U. S. House of Representatives](/source/U._S._House_of_Representatives) from [Vermont's 2nd congressional district](/source/Vermont's_2nd_congressional_district)
|term_start1   = March 4, 1849
|term_end1     = March 3, 1853
|predecessor1  = [Jacob Collamer](/source/Jacob_Collamer)
|successor1    = [Andrew Tracy](/source/Andrew_Tracy)
|office2       = Member of the [Vermont House of Representatives](/source/Vermont_House_of_Representatives) from [Chelsea](/source/Chelsea%2C_Vermont)
|term_start2   = 1858
|term_end2     = 1860
|predecessor2  = [Burnham Martin](/source/Burnham_Martin)
|successor2    = William F. Dickinson
|term_start3   = 1864
|term_end3     = 1866
|predecessor3  = [Lyman G. Hinckley](/source/Lyman_G._Hinckley)
|successor3    = Carlos Moore
|term_start4   = 1872
|term_end4     = 1874
|predecessor4  = [Lyman G. Hinckley](/source/Lyman_G._Hinckley)
|successor4    = Asa A. Goodwin
|office5       = [Associate Justice](/source/List_of_justices_of_the_Vermont_Supreme_Court) of the [Vermont Supreme Court](/source/Vermont_Supreme_Court)
|term_start5   = 1842
|term_end5     = 1842
|predecessor5  = [Jacob Collamer](/source/Jacob_Collamer)
|successor5    = [Daniel Kellogg](/source/Daniel_Kellogg_(judge))
|term_start6   = 1844
|term_end6     = 1844
|predecessor6  = Daniel Kellogg
|successor6    = Daniel Kellogg
|office7       = Judge of Probate for the Randolph District of [Orange County, Vermont](/source/Orange_County%2C_Vermont)
|term_start7   = 1839
|term_end7     = 1839
|predecessor7  = Calvin Blodgett
|successor7    = Calvin Blodgett
|term_start8   = 1840
|term_end8     = 1842
|predecessor8  = Calvin Blodgett
|successor8    = John Colby
|office9       = Member of the [Vermont Senate](/source/Vermont_Senate) from [Orange County](/source/Orange_County%2C_Vermont)
|term_start9   = 1836
|term_end9     = 1837
|predecessor9  = None (position created)
|successor9    = Daniel Cobb
|term_start10  = 1838
|term_end10    = 1839
|predecessor10 = Daniel Cobb
|successor10   = Jonathan Jenness
|office11      = Member of the [Vermont House of Representatives](/source/Vermont_House_of_Representatives) from [Randolph](/source/Randolph%2C_Vermont)
|term_start11  = 1835
|term_end11    = 1836
|predecessor11 = [Martin Flint](/source/Martin_Flint)
|successor11   = Sylvanus Blodgett
|term_start12  = 1840
|term_end12    = 1843
|predecessor12 = Loren Griswold
|successor12   = None (Position left vacant)
|office13      = [State's Attorney](/source/State's_Attorney) of [Orange County, Vermont](/source/Orange_County%2C_Vermont)
|term_start13  = 1832
|term_end13    = 1833
|predecessor13 = [Daniel Azro Ashley Buck](/source/Daniel_Azro_Ashley_Buck)
|successor13   = Daniel Azro Ashley Buck
|term_start14  = 1834
|term_end14    = 1835
|predecessor14 = Daniel Azro Ashley Buck
|successor14   = Edmond Wrston
|term_start15  = 1836
|term_end15    = 1837
|predecessor15 = Edmond Weston
|successor15   = Edmond Weston
|party         = [Whig](/source/Whig_Party_(United_States)) (prior to 1855)<br/>[Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) (after 1855)
|birth_date    = November 29, 1800
|birth_place   = [Windham, Connecticut](/source/Windham%2C_Connecticut), U.S.
|death_date    = October 20, 1875 (aged 74)
|death_place   = [Chelsea](/source/Chelsea%2C_Vermont), [Orange County, Vermont](/source/Orange_County%2C_Vermont), U.S.
|resting_place = Old Cemetery, Randolph Center, Vermont
|spouse        =  Elizabeth Starkwether Brown (m. 1830–1875, his death)
|children      =  5
|profession    = Attorney 
}}

'''William Hebard''' (November 29, 1800{{spaced ndash}}October 20, 1875) was an American attorney and politician from [Vermont](/source/Vermont).  He served in several elected offices, and was most notable for representing Vermont in the [United States House of Representatives](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) for two terms (1849–1853).

Born in Hebard [Windham, Connecticut](/source/Windham%2C_Connecticut), Hebard was raised in [Randolph, Vermont](/source/Randolph%2C_Vermont).  He taught school before attaining admission to the bar in 1827.  While practicing in Randolph, Hebard was active in politics and government as a [Whig](/source/Whig_Party_(United_States)), and the offices he held included state's attorney, probate judge, member of the Vermont House and Senate, and associate justice of the state supreme court.  In 1845, Hebard moved to [Chelsea, Vermont](/source/Chelsea%2C_Vermont), where he continued to practice law.  He was elected to Congress in 1848, and served two terms, 1849 to 1853.  Hebard became a [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) when the party was founded in the 1850s, and represented Chelsea in the Vermont House several times in the 1850s, 1860s, and 1870s.  He was also a delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1857, and the [1860 Republican National Convention](/source/1860_Republican_National_Convention).

Hebard continued to practice law almost until his death.  He died in Chelsea, and was buried in Randolph Center's Old Cemetery.

==Early life==
Hebard was born in [Windham, Connecticut](/source/Windham%2C_Connecticut), one of seven children born to Diah Hebard (1757-1841) and Zerviah Hebert (or Ebert) (d. 1850).{{sfn|''Gazetteer of Orange County, Vt., 1762-1888''|pages=89-92}}  His parents moved to [Randolph, Vermont](/source/Randolph%2C_Vermont) when Hebard was a boy, and he was raised  on the family farm in West Randolph.{{sfn|''Gazetteer of Orange County, Vt., 1762-1888''|pages=89-92}}  He attended the local schools of Randolph, and Randolph's Orange County Grammar School.{{sfn|''Gazetteer of Orange County, Vt., 1762-1888''|pages=89-92}}  Hebard taught school while he [studied law](/source/reading_law) with attorney William Nutting of Randolph, was [admitted to the bar](/source/Admission_to_the_bar_in_the_United_States) in 1827, and commenced practice in [East Randolph, Vermont](/source/East_Randolph%2C_Vermont).{{sfn|''Gazetteer of Orange County, Vt., 1762-1888''|pages=89-92}}

==Start of career==
Hebard was long active in politics and government, and the offices he held while residing in Randolph included:

*[State's attorney](/source/State's_attorney) of [Orange County](/source/Orange_County%2C_Vermont) from 1832 to 1833, 1834 to 1835, and 1836 to 1837.{{sfn|''The Vermont Historical Gazetteer''|pages=805-806}}
* Member of the [Vermont House of Representatives](/source/Vermont_House_of_Representatives) from Randolph from 1835 to 1836, and 1840 to 1843.{{sfn|''The Vermont Historical Gazetteer''|page=1042}}
* Member of the [Vermont Senate](/source/Vermont_Senate) from Orange County from 1836 to 1837, and 1838 to 1839.{{sfn|''Catalogue of the Principal Officers of Vermont''|page=14}}
* Judge of Probate for Orange County's Randolph district from 1838 to 1839, and 1840 to 1842.{{sfn|''The Vermont Historical Gazetteer''|pages=805-806}}
* Associate Justice of the [Vermont Supreme Court](/source/Vermont_Supreme_Court) in 1842, and again in 1844.{{sfn|''Catalogue of the Principal Officers of Vermont''|page=73}}

==U.S. Congressman==
Hebard moved to [Chelsea, Vermont](/source/Chelsea%2C_Vermont) in 1845.{{sfn|''Gazetteer of Orange County, Vt., 1762-1888''|pages=89-92}}  In 1848, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives as a [Whig](/source/Whig_Party_(United_States)), and he served two terms, March 4, 1849 to March 3, 1853.{{sfn|''Gazetteer of Orange County, Vt., 1762-1888''|pages=89-92}}  In 1849, Hebard served on the state Council of Censors, the body which met every seven years to review actions of Vermont's government and ensure their constitutionality.{{sfn|"Hon. William Hebard"|page=2}}  While he practiced in Chelsea, the students who learned under Hebard's tutelage in preparation for legal careers of their own included [Jonathan Ross](/source/Jonathan_Ross_(senator)).{{sfn|''Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont''|page=576}}

==Later career==
After leaving Congress, Hebard practiced law in partnership with [Burnham Martin](/source/Burnham_Martin).{{sfn|''Gazetteer of Orange County, Vt., 1762-1888''|pages=89-92}}  By now a [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)), he was a delegate to the 1857 state constitutional convention, and served in the [Vermont House of Representatives](/source/Vermont_House_of_Representatives) from Chelsea from 1858 to 1860, 1864 to 1866, and 1872 to 1874.{{sfn|''The Vermont Historical Gazetteer''|page=873}}  He was also delegate to the [1860 Republican National Convention](/source/1860_Republican_National_Convention).{{sfn|"Hon. William Hebard"|page=2}}

==Death==
Hebard died in Chelsea on October 20, 1875.{{sfn|''Gazetteer of Orange County, Vt., 1762-1888''|pages=89-92}}  He was interred in Randolph Center's Old Cemetery.{{sfn|"Randolph Center Cemetery, Randolph"}}

==Family==
In 1830, Hebard married Elizabeth Starkwether Brown (d. 1880), a niece and adopted daughter of Olivia Brown Chase and [Dudley Chase](/source/Dudley_Chase).{{sfn|''Gazetteer of Orange County, Vt., 1762-1888''|pages=89-92}}  They were the parents of five children: Olivia (b. 1832), William (died at age seven), Salmon (1835-1894), George (1840-1879), and another son who was named William (b. 1845) following the death of his elder brother.{{sfn|''Gazetteer of Orange County, Vt., 1762-1888''|pages=89-92}}

==References==
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==Sources==
===Books===
*{{cite book |last=Carleton |first=Hiram |date=1903 |title=Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont |volume=I |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8Cr5seuiQ2wC&pg=PA576 |location=New York, NY |publisher=Lewis Publishing Company |isbn=9780806347943 |ref={{sfnRef|''Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont''}}}} 
*{{cite book |last=Child |first=Hamilton |date=1888 |title=Gazetteer of Orange County, Vt., 1762-1888 |volume=Part I |url=https://archive.org/stream/gazetteeroforang00chil#page/n103/ |location=Syracuse, NY |publisher=Syracuse Journal Company |ref={{sfnRef|''Gazetteer of Orange County, Vt., 1762-1888''}}}}
*{{cite book |last=Deming |first=Leonard |date=1851 |title=Catalogue of the Principal Officers of Vermont |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b2gyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA3 |location=Middlebury, VT |publisher=L. Deming |ref={{sfnRef|''Catalogue of the Principal Officers of Vermont''}}}}
*{{cite book |last=Hemenway |first=Abby Maria |date=1871 |title=The Vermont Historical Gazetteer |volume=II |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xkEOAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA806 |location=Burlington, VT |publisher=A. M. Hemenway |ref={{sfnRef|''The Vermont Historical Gazetteer''}}}}

===Newspapers===
*{{cite news |date=October 27, 1875 |title=Hon. William Hebard |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/365925055/ |work=Green Mountain Freeman |location=Montpelier, VT |url-access=subscription  |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com) |ref={{sfnRef|"Hon. William Hebard"}}}}

===Internet===
*{{cite web |url=http://www.voca58.org/cemeteries/cemetery.php?Town=Randolph&Name=Randolph%20Center |title=Randolph Center Cemetery, Randolph |last=Trutor |first=Barry |website=VOCA58.org |publisher=Vermont Old Cemetery Association |location= Burlington, VT |access-date=August 1, 2018 |ref={{sfnRef|"Randolph Center Cemetery, Randolph"}}}}

==External links==
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=William Hebard}}
{{CongBio|H000435}}
*[http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/william_hebard/405301 William Hebard] at Govtrack US Congress
*{{Find a Grave|7179917}}
*[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/heathman-hedlund.html#152.88.46 William Hebard] at The Political Graveyard

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