Morton C. Hunter

Morton C. Hunter

Morton Craig Hunter (born February 5, 1825 in Versailles , Ripley County , Indiana , †  October 25, 1896 in Bloomington , Indiana) was an American officer and politician . Between 1867 and 1879 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives twice .

Career

Morton Hunter attended schools in his home country. After a subsequent law degree at Indiana University in Bloomington and his admission to the bar in 1849, he began to work in this profession. In the 1850s he became a member of the Republican Party . In 1858 he was elected to the Indiana House of Representatives. Since 1862 he took part in the civil war as an officer in the Union army . Until 1865 he was Brevet Brigadier General of a volunteer unit.

In the 1866 congressional election , Hunter was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the third constituency of Indiana , where he succeeded Ralph Hill on March 4, 1867 . Until March 3, 1869 he was able to complete a legislative term in Congress . This was marked by the conflict between Hunter's party and President Andrew Johnson . In the elections of 1872 Hunter was re-elected to Congress in the sixth district of his state, where he succeeded Daniel W. Voorhees on March 4, 1873 . After two re-elections, he could remain in parliament until March 3, 1879. From 1875 he represented the eighth district of his state there as the successor to James Noble Tyner .

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Morton Hunter ran a mine. He died in Bloomington on October 25, 1896.

Web links

• Morton C. Hunter in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Morton C. Hunter in the database of Find a Grave (English)