John W. Hunter

John Ward Hunter (born October 15, 1807 in Bedford , New York , † April 16, 1900 in Brooklyn , New York) was an American politician . In 1866 and 1867 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Ward Hunter was born about five years before the outbreak of the British-American War in Bedford, now part of Brooklyn and better known as Bedford Stuyvesant. He enjoyed a modest schooling. As an office clerk ( clerk ) he worked in a grocery wholesaler in New York City in 1824 and between 1831 and 1836 in the Federal Customs Office in New York City. Between 1836 and 1865 he was an assistant auditor at the Federal Customs Office. He was the treasurer of Dime Savings Bank in Brooklyn.

Politically, Hunter belonged to the Democratic Party . He was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third electoral district of New York on December 4, 1866 to fill the vacancy created by the death of James Humphrey . On January 26, 1867, he was reprimanded by the House of Representatives for using unparliamentary language. Since he on a run again in 1866 renounced, he left the after 3 March 1867 Congress of. He was mayor of the then still independent city of Brooklyn in 1875 and 1876. In addition, he went back to his banking business. He died on April 16, 1900 in Brooklyn and was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery .

Web links

• John W. Hunter in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John W. Hunter in the database of Find a Grave (English)