United States Congressman. Born to a Baptist minister and an educator, he earliest years were spent in Murray, Kentucky. His father's role as the head of the Kentucky Baptist Convention led the family in many directions across the Bluegrass State, with moves to Ohio County, Ashland, and finally Louisville where his father became pastor of the St. Matthews Baptist Church. Following his graduation from high school, he attended Georgetown College in Scott County. During his four years at the institution, he excelled academically and in extracurricular activities such as the school's weekly paper, "The Georgetonian," of which he was the editor-in-chief. Selected in his senior year as, "Mr. Georgetonian," he graduated from the college in 1959 with a degree in sociology. Hubbard was admitted to the University of Louisville's School of Law , receiving a full academic scholarship to the prestigious program. The following year he served as a member of the Kentucky State Delegation to the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles. It was at this very convention that Sen. John F. Kennedy received his party's nomination for the Presidential election of 1960. Following Kennedy's victory four months later, Hubbard attended President Kennedy's inauguration in Washington D.C. After graduation from law school, he set up practice in Mayfield, Kentucky. In 1967 he threw his hat into politics when he successfully ran for a seat in the Kentucky General Assembly's Senate. He served the Commonwealth for seven years before unseating Congressman Frank Stubblefield in a bid for national office. From 1975 to 1993 he represented Kentucky's First Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. During this tenure, he met all four sitting presidents; Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George H.W. Bush.