William Hunter (politician, 1754)

William Hunter (born January 3, 1754 in Sharon , Litchfield County , Colony of Connecticut , † November 30, 1827 in Windsor , Vermont ) was an American politician . Between 1817 and 1819 he represented the state of Vermont in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Hunter was born in the days of British colonialism . He attended the public schools in his home country. Between 1763 and 1775 he lived at Fort Edward, New York State . During the War of Independence he was first sergeant and later a lieutenant on the staff of General Richard Montgomery .

After the war, Hunter also became politically active. He became a member of the Democratic Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson . He was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives in 1795, 1807, and 1808 . From 1798 to 1801 he was employed by the probate court; from 1801 to 1816 he was an associate judge there. From 1810 to 1813 and in 1815 Hunter was a member of the Vermont Executive Council .

In the 1816 congressional elections, held nationwide, he was elected to the sixth seat of Vermont in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC . There he took over from John Noyes on March 4, 1817 . Until March 3, 1819, he had only one legislative term in Congress . Then he retired from politics. William Hunter died in Windsor in November 1827.

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SURNAME	Hunter, William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	January 3, 1754
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sharon , Litchfield County , Connecticut
DATE OF DEATH	November 30, 1827
Place of death	Windsor , Vermont