Levi Hubbell

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title: "Levi Hubbell" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["people-from-ballston,-new-york", "union-college-(new-york)-alumni", "military-personnel-from-new-york-(state)", "adjutants-general-of-new-york-(state)", "new-york-(state)-lawyers", "new-york-(state)-whigs", "members-of-the-new-york-state-assembly", "members-of-the-wisconsin-state-assembly", "chief-justices-of-the-wisconsin-supreme-court", "wisconsin-circuit-court-judges", "united-states-judges-impeached-by-state-or-territorial-governments", "1808-births", "1876-deaths", "united-states-attorneys-for-the-eastern-district-of-wisconsin", "19th-century-wisconsin-state-court-judges", "19th-century-american-lawyers", "burials-at-forest-home-cemetery", "19th-century-members-of-the-new-york-state-legislature", "19th-century-members-of-the-wisconsin-legislature"] description: "American lawyer, judge, and politician" topic_path: "law" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Hubbell" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary American lawyer, judge, and politician ::

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Field	Value
name	Levi N. Hubbell
image	Levi Hubbell.jpg
office	United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
term_start	1871
term_end	June 1875
appointer	Ulysses S. Grant
predecessor	{{unbulleted list
successor	Gerry Whiting Hazelton
order1	2nd
title1	Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
term_start1	June 18, 1851
term_end1	January 2, 1852
predecessor1	Alexander W. Stow
successor1	Edward V. Whiton
office2	Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
status2	ex officio
term_start2	August 28, 1848
term_end2	June 1, 1853
office3	Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge for the 2nd Circuit
term_start3	August 28, 1848
term_end3	September 9, 1856
predecessor3	Position Established
successor3	Alexander Randall
state4	Wisconsin
state_assembly4	Wisconsin
district4	Milwaukee 1st
term_start4	January 1, 1864
term_end4	January 1, 1865
predecessor4	John Sharpstein
successor4	Jackson Hadley
state5	New York
state_assembly5	New York
district5	Tompkins 1st
term_start5	January 1, 1841
term_end5	January 1, 1842
predecessor5	William Henry Bogart
successor5	Charles Humphrey
nationality	American
birth_date
birth_place	Ballston Spa, New York, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
restingplace	Forest Home Cemetery
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
party	{{unbulleted list
spouse	{{unbulleted list
children	{{unbulleted list
father	Abijah Hubbell
mother	Clarissa (Fitch) Hubbell
alma_mater	Union College
occupation	lawyer, judge
signature	Signature of Levi Hubbell (1808–1876).png
branch	New York Militia
branch_label	Service
serviceyears	1833–1836
rank	Major General
commands	Adjutant General of New York
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| name = Levi N. Hubbell | image = Levi Hubbell.jpg | caption = | office = United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin | term_start = 1871 | term_end = June 1875 | appointer = Ulysses S. Grant | predecessor = {{unbulleted list | John B. D. Cogswell | (District of Wisconsin) | successor = Gerry Whiting Hazelton |order1 = 2nd |title1 = Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court | term_start1 = June 18, 1851 | term_end1 = January 2, 1852 | predecessor1 = Alexander W. Stow | successor1 = Edward V. Whiton |office2 = Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court | status2 = ex officio | term_start2 = August 28, 1848 | term_end2 = June 1, 1853 |office3 = Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge for the 2nd Circuit | term_start3 = August 28, 1848 | term_end3 = September 9, 1856 | predecessor3 = Position Established | successor3 = Alexander Randall |state4 = Wisconsin |state_assembly4 = Wisconsin |district4 = Milwaukee 1st | term_start4 = January 1, 1864 | term_end4 = January 1, 1865 | predecessor4 = John Sharpstein | successor4 = Jackson Hadley |state5 = New York |state_assembly5 = New York |district5 = Tompkins 1st | term_start5 = January 1, 1841 | term_end5 = January 1, 1842 | predecessor5 = William Henry Bogart | successor5 = Charles Humphrey |nationality = American |birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Ballston Spa, New York, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. | restingplace = Forest Home Cemetery Milwaukee, Wisconsin |party = {{unbulleted list | Republican | National Union (1864) | Whig (before 1855) |spouse = {{unbulleted list | Susan Linn (DeWitt) Hubbell | (m. 1836; died 1849) | Mary Morris (Beall) Hubbell | (m. 1852; died 1866) |children = {{unbulleted list | Simeon DeWitt Hubbell | | Richard Walter Hubbell | | Singleton Beall Hubbell | | Mary Morris Cooper Hubbell | |father = Abijah Hubbell |mother = Clarissa (Fitch) Hubbell |relatives = |residence = |alma_mater = Union College |occupation = lawyer, judge |signature = Signature of Levi Hubbell (1808–1876).png |branch = New York Militia |branch_label = Service |serviceyears = 1833–1836 |rank = Major General |commands = Adjutant General of New York |unit = Levi Hubbell (April 15, 1808 – December 8, 1876) was an American lawyer, judge, and politician. He was the first Wisconsin state official to be impeached by the Wisconsin State Assembly in his role as Wisconsin circuit court judge for the 2nd circuit. He was also Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court prior to the 1852 law which organized a separate Supreme Court, and he later became the first United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. He served one term each in the Wisconsin State Assembly and New York State Assembly.

Biography

Born in Ballston, New York, Hubbell graduated from Union College in 1827 and was admitted to the New York Bar. He practiced law with his brother at Canandaigua, New York.

Hubbell was appointed Adjutant General of New York from 1833 to 1836 by Governor William Marcy and served in the New York Assembly in 1841 as a Whig.

In 1844, Hubbell moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin Territory where he practiced law at Finch & Lynde. When Wisconsin was admitted to the union on May 29, 1848, he ran as an independent Democrat in the second district, which then included both Milwaukee and Dane counties and was elected as one of the Wisconsin Circuit Court judges, which at that time constituted the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Hubbell became chief justice of the supreme court after Alexander W. Stow left office. In 1853, however, when a new separate Supreme Court was being organized, Hubbell lost the nomination for a seat on the new court.

Hubbell remained a circuit court judge, but was impeached and acquitted by the Wisconsin State Legislature on charges of corruption. He soon resigned in 1856, but in 1863, he was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly.

In 1871, he was appointed United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, but was forced to resign in 1875 because of accusations of corruption.

Hubbell died in Milwaukee on December 8, 1876. He was buried at Forest Home Cemetery in Milwaukee.

He was married twice. He had two sons with his first wife, Susan Linn DeWitt of Albany, and a son, Dr. Singleton Beall Hubbell, M.D., and a daughter with the second wife, Miss Beall.

References

References

1. [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hubbeel-hudnut.html The Political Graveyard.com lists three Levi Hubbells; they are the same man]
2. Winslow, John Bradley, 1851-1920.. (1907). "Story of a great court : being a sketch history of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin, its judges and their times from the admission of the state to the death of Chief Justice Ryan". Chicago : T. H. Flood & company.
3. [https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS8879 Wisconsin Historical Society]
4. (1852). "An Act to provide for the organization of a separate Supreme Court, and for the election of justices thereof".
5. Wisconsin Court System. [https://wicourts.gov/courts/supreme/justices/retired/hubbell.htm Levi Hubbell (1808-1876)].
6. [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=2350&search_term=hubbell Levi Hubbell, Wisconsin Historical Society]
7. [http://lrbdigital.legis.wisconsin.gov/digital/collection/p16831coll2/id/1303/rec/45 Members of the Wisconsin State Legislature 1848-1999]
8. [https://archive.org/details/historyhubbellf00hubbgoog/page/n209 ''History of the Hubbell Family'']
9. Hubbell, Walter. (1915). "History of the Hubbell family : containing genealogical records of the ancestors and descendents of Richard Hubbell from A.D. 1086 to A.D. 1915". Hubbell.

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