Hubert B. Scudder

Hubert Baxter Scudder ( born November 5, 1888 in Sebastopol, California, † July 4, 1968 ) was an American politician. Between 1949 and 1959 he represented the state of California in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Hubert Scudder attended the public schools of his home. He also completed evening classes and correspondence courses. In addition, he studied law. Between 1912 and 1920 led Scudder public utilities in Sebastopol. This period was interrupted from May to December 1918, when he served during World War II in the Coast Guard. Since 1920, Scudder worked in the insurance industry and real estate business. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career. In 1924 he was a town councilor and mayor of Sebastopol in 1926. Between 1925 and 1940 he sat as a deputy in the California State Assembly. Thereafter, he served from 1943 to 1948 as a state representative for real estate transactions (Real Estate Commissioner). In the years 1947 and 1948 he was president of the National Association of Professional lawyers.

In the congressional elections of 1948, Scudder was the first electoral district of California in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Clarence F. Lea on January 3, 1949. After four elections he was able to complete in Congress until January 3, 1959 five legislative sessions. These were shaped by the events of the Cold War and the Korean War and the civil rights movement. 1958 renounced Hubert Scudder on another candidacy. In the following years he worked again in the insurance industry and as a real estate dealer. He died on July 4, 1968 in Sebastopol, where he was also buried.

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