Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Hulburd ya fara aiki a Hyde Park a 1928. Wani dan Republican, an zabe shi lauyan jihar na Lamoille County ba da daɗewa ba bayan ya zama lauya, kuma ya yi aiki har zuwa 1935. Hulburd ya kuma yi aiki a ofisoshin gida ciki har da memba na kwamitin makaranta da kuma mai kula da ƙauyen. A shekara ta 1940, an zabi Hulburd a matsayin Alkalin Shari'a na Lamoille County, kuma ya yi aiki daga 1941 zuwa 1949. A shekarar 1948, Hulburd wakili ne a taron Jam'iyyar Republican na kasa
Ka yi haƙuri. An zabe shi a majalisar wakilai ta Vermont a wannan shekarar, kuma ya yi aiki a lokacin zaman na 1949.