Background
Hibbard was born on March 15, 1844 in Farmington Falls, Maine, he attended Phillips Andover and graduated from Amherst College in 1867.
Hibbard was born on March 15, 1844 in Farmington Falls, Maine, he attended Phillips Andover and graduated from Amherst College in 1867.
After he graded from Amherst College Hibbard began his study of the law in the Woodstock, Vermont office of William Collamer, Hibbard later finished his course of legal study with William M. Rogers of Methuen, Massachusetts.
Legal career Hibbard was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar on April 21, 1869 however he first worked as a lawyer in Tama, Iowa after about two years in Iowa Hibbard moved to Boston, and then in 1881 moved to Lee, Massachusetts, finally in 1887 he moved to Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Banking In addition to his work as a lawyer, Hibbard was also involved in banking, he served as a trustee of the Lee Savings Bank, and as the president of the Berkshire Loan and Trust. District Attorney In 1884 Hubbard ran for the office of the District Attorney for the Western District (which consisted of Hampden and Berkshire Counties), he lost that election to Andrew J. Waterman.
Mayor of Pittsfield In 1890 Hibbard was elected the first mayor of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, serving a one-year term in 1891.
1917 Massachusetts Constitutional Convention In 1916 the Massachusetts legislature and electorate approved a calling of a Constitutional Convention. Hibbard was elected as on of the representatives of the Massachusetts 1st First Congressional District to the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1917.
Massachusetts Bar Association Hibbard served as the president of the Massachusetts Bar Association in 1917. Hibbard died in his apartment in Pittsfield, Massachusetts on August 11, 1922.
