RARE \"Iowa Congressman\" Asahel W. Hubbard Clipped Signature For Sale

Up for sale a RARE! "Iowa Congressman" Asahel W. Hubbard Clipped Signature. This item is signed on reverse by Henry E Prentiss. 

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Asahel

Wheeler Hubbard (January

19, 1819 – September 22, 1879) was an American attorney, businessman,

politician, and jurist who served as 6th congressional

district from 1863 to 1869. Born in Haddam, Connecticut,

Hubbard attended local public schools. He also pursued his studies at a select

school in Middletown, Connecticut. Hubbard

began his career as a stonecutter. He moved

to Rushville, Indiana, in

1838, where he was employed as a book agent and taught school. He studied law,

was admitted to

the bar in 1841 and commenced practice in Rushville. He served

as member of the Indiana House of

Representatives from 1847 to 1849. In 1857, he moved to Sioux City, Iowa, and engaged in the real estate business. He served as judge of the

fourth judicial district from

1859 to 1862. In 1862, after the 1860 United States Census caused

Iowa's seats in the U.S. House to increase from two to six, Hubbard became the

first Congressman to represent Iowa's 6th congressional district. Re-elected

twice, he served in was influential in securing legislation which hastened the building of

several lines of railroad through his district,

besides securing to Sioux City a branch

of the Union Pacific Railroad. He

was not a candidate for renomination in 1868. In all, he served in Congress

from March 4, 1863, to March 3, 1869. Hubbard was one of the organizers of the

First National Bank of Sioux City in 1871, and served as its president until

January 15, 1879. He also had interests in railroad building in Iowa and in a

mining property in Leadville,

Henry musical instruments, umbrellas and published sheet music, which he

sold from his shop on Court Street in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th century.One example of a piece of

sheet music sold by Prentiss was a song named "Our Country"

by Hon. George Lunt in 1847.