James B. Hunt

James Bennett Hunt (born August 13, 1799 in Demerara , Dutch Guiana , †  August 15, 1857 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1843 and 1847 he represented the state of Michigan in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Hunt came to New York City with his father in 1803 , where he attended public schools. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1824, he began to work in his new profession in New York City. In 1836 he moved to Pontiac , Michigan . There he became a debt restructuring judge in the same year. After Michigan's accession to the Union, Hunt was appointed by Governor Stevens Mason to improve the infrastructure of the new state. Between 1841 and 1843 he was a prosecutor in Oakland County .

Politically, Hunt was a member of the Democratic Party . In the congressional election of 1842 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the newly created third constituency of Michigan, where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1843. After a re-election in 1844, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until March 3, 1847 . These had been shaped by the events of the Mexican-American War since 1845 .

After leaving the US House of Representatives, James Hunt was head of the Land Office at Sault Ste. From January 1848 to June 1849 . Marie . He then returned to Pontiac, where he worked in Oakland County as a Court Commissioner . He later moved to the federal capital Washington, where he died on August 15, 1857.

Web links

• James B. Hunt in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James B. Hunt in the database of Find a Grave (English)