Background
Tweedy, John Hubbard was born on November 9, 1814 in Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.
Tweedy, John Hubbard was born on November 9, 1814 in Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.
He graduated from Yale in 1834, where he was a member of the secret society Skull and Bones. He then moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1836, where he practiced law.
He served in the Wisconsin Territorial Council, the upper house of the Wisconsin Territorial Legislature in 1841-1842, and later served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1853. Tweedy was elected as a non-voting representative to the Thirtieth Congress to represent the Wisconsin Territory serving from March 4, 1847, until the Territory of Wisconsin in which he resided was admitted as a State into the Union on May 29, 1848. Tweedy was prominent in business involving railroads and public affairs
He died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, aged 77, and was buried in Danbury.
Tweedy was also a member of the first Wisconsin Constitutional Convention of 1846.