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Carroll Hubbard
Carroll Hubbard Jr. (July 7, 1937 – November 12, 2022) was an American politician and attorney from Kentucky. He began his political career in the Kentucky Senate, and was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1974. He served until he was defeated in 1992, after becoming embroiled in the House banking scandal, and ultimately spent two years in prison. After being released, Hubbard ran unsuccessfully for the Kentucky General Assembly on four occasions.
Hubbard was a Democrat during his time in elected office, but he switched to the Republican Party in the last years of his life.
Hubbard was born on July 7, 1937, in Murray, Kentucky, to Dr. Carroll Hubbard Sr., a Baptist minister, and Beth Hubbard, an elementary school teacher. The family moved several times during his youth, including to Beaver Dam, Kentucky and then Ashland, Kentucky. In 1953, the family moved to Louisville, Kentucky, when his father became pastor of St. Matthews Baptist Church. In Louisville, Mr. Hubbard attended Eastern High School and graduated in 1955.
After high school, Hubbard attended Georgetown College in Georgetown, Kentucky. At Georgetown, he was editor-in-chief of The Georgetonian, a weekly college newspaper. He was a member of the Kappa Alpha Order and served as its President of the fraternity during his senior year. During his senior year at Georgetown, Hubbard was selected as “Mr. Georgetonian.”
After graduating from Georgetown College with a degree in sociology in 1959, Hubbard attended the University of Louisville Law School, where he received a full scholarship. In 1966, Hubbard was married to Joyce Lynn Hall, of Metropolis, Illinois, with whom he had two daughters, Kelly Lynn and Krista Leigh. Their divorce was finalized in 1983.
In 1967, he was elected to serve in the Kentucky Senate. On June 15, 1972, Hubbard was one of seven Democratic senators that voted against Kentucky's ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. He graduated from the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine at Brooks Air Force Base in Texas in November 1962 and served in the Kentucky Air National Guard from 1962 to 1967, where he became a captain. He also served in the Kentucky Army National Guard from 1968 to 1970, where he became a captain. He moved to Mayfield, Kentucky where he practiced law for several years.
In May 1974, Hubbard, then a state senator, defeated incumbent Congressman Frank Stubblefield in the Democratic primary election to represent Kentucky's First District in the United States Congress. Hubbard then won the general election in November 1974 and began serving in Congress in Washington, D.C. in January 1975.
As one of 75 freshmen members of the 94th Congress, Hubbard was elected as president of this large freshman class of new U.S. Representatives. Hubbard was reelected to Congress in the elections of 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, and 1990, serving the people of the First District of Kentucky for 18 years in Washington, D.C.
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Carroll Hubbard
Carroll Hubbard Jr. (July 7, 1937 – November 12, 2022) was an American politician and attorney from Kentucky. He began his political career in the Kentucky Senate, and was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1974. He served until he was defeated in 1992, after becoming embroiled in the House banking scandal, and ultimately spent two years in prison. After being released, Hubbard ran unsuccessfully for the Kentucky General Assembly on four occasions.
Hubbard was a Democrat during his time in elected office, but he switched to the Republican Party in the last years of his life.
Hubbard was born on July 7, 1937, in Murray, Kentucky, to Dr. Carroll Hubbard Sr., a Baptist minister, and Beth Hubbard, an elementary school teacher. The family moved several times during his youth, including to Beaver Dam, Kentucky and then Ashland, Kentucky. In 1953, the family moved to Louisville, Kentucky, when his father became pastor of St. Matthews Baptist Church. In Louisville, Mr. Hubbard attended Eastern High School and graduated in 1955.
After high school, Hubbard attended Georgetown College in Georgetown, Kentucky. At Georgetown, he was editor-in-chief of The Georgetonian, a weekly college newspaper. He was a member of the Kappa Alpha Order and served as its President of the fraternity during his senior year. During his senior year at Georgetown, Hubbard was selected as “Mr. Georgetonian.”
After graduating from Georgetown College with a degree in sociology in 1959, Hubbard attended the University of Louisville Law School, where he received a full scholarship. In 1966, Hubbard was married to Joyce Lynn Hall, of Metropolis, Illinois, with whom he had two daughters, Kelly Lynn and Krista Leigh. Their divorce was finalized in 1983.
In 1967, he was elected to serve in the Kentucky Senate. On June 15, 1972, Hubbard was one of seven Democratic senators that voted against Kentucky's ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. He graduated from the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine at Brooks Air Force Base in Texas in November 1962 and served in the Kentucky Air National Guard from 1962 to 1967, where he became a captain. He also served in the Kentucky Army National Guard from 1968 to 1970, where he became a captain. He moved to Mayfield, Kentucky where he practiced law for several years.
In May 1974, Hubbard, then a state senator, defeated incumbent Congressman Frank Stubblefield in the Democratic primary election to represent Kentucky's First District in the United States Congress. Hubbard then won the general election in November 1974 and began serving in Congress in Washington, D.C. in January 1975.
As one of 75 freshmen members of the 94th Congress, Hubbard was elected as president of this large freshman class of new U.S. Representatives. Hubbard was reelected to Congress in the elections of 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, and 1990, serving the people of the First District of Kentucky for 18 years in Washington, D.C.