David Hubbard (1792 – January 20, 1874) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama born near the town of Old Liberty (now Bedford), Bedford County, Virginia, and a cousin of Sam Houston. He has been described as the "most influential and prominent secessionist in north Alabama."^[2]

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David Hubbard
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's 2nd district
In office March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841
Preceded by	Joshua L. Martin
Succeeded by	District inactive
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's 5th district
In office March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851
Preceded by	George S. Houston
Succeeded by	George S. Houston
Member of the Alabama House of Representatives
In office 1831 1842 1843 1845 1853
Member of the Alabama Senate
In office 1827-1828
Personal details
Born	David Hubbard 1792 Bedford County, Virginia[1]
Died	January 20, 1874 (aged 81 or 82) Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana
Resting place	Episcopal Church of the Nativity churchyard, Rosedale, Iberville Parish, Louisiana
Political party	Democratic

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Hubbard attended the county schools and an academy. During the War of 1812 he entered the Army and served as a major in the Quartermaster Corps. He moved to Huntsville, Alabama, where he worked as a carpenter. He studied law and was admitted to the bar about 1820, and commenced practice in Huntsville, moving to Florence and serving as a solicitor from 1823 to 1826. In 1827 he moved to Moulton and became a merchant, also serving as a member of the State senate in 1827 and 1828, and being a member of the board of trustees of the University of Alabama from 1828 to 1835. He moved to Courtland in 1829, where he engaged in buying and selling Chickasaw Indian land. He was elected a member of the State house of representatives in 1831, 1842, 1843, 1845, and 1853.

Hubbard was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-sixth U.S. Congress (March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841), and stood unsuccessfully for re-election in 1840 to the Twenty-seventh Congress, then resuming the practice of law.

Hubbard was elected to the Thirty-first U.S. Congress (March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851), and stood unsuccessfully for re-election in 1850 to the Thirty-second Congress. He served as a delegate to the Southern Commercial Congress at Savannah, Georgia, in 1859. He served as a presidential elector on the Breckinridge and Lane ticket in 1860. He served as a member of the Confederate States House of Representatives 1861–1863 and as the first Confederate States Commissioner of Indian Affairs 1863–1865. He moved to Spring Hill, Tennessee. He died at the home of his son in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, January 20, 1874. He was interred in Episcopal Church of the Nativity churchyard, Rosedale, Iberville Parish, Louisiana.