William Hunter (politician, 1774)

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William Hunter (painting by Charles Bird King )

William Hunter (born November 26, 1774 in Newport , Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations , †  December 3, 1849 ibid) was an American politician who represented the state of Rhode Island in the US Senate .

William Hunter attended Rogers School in his hometown of Newport and then the College of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations , now Brown University , in Providence . He graduated there in 1791. In the same year he went to England to study medicine; but after his arrival he changed his mind and trained as a lawyer at the Inner Temple in London . In 1793 he returned to Newport and practiced there as a lawyer.

From 1799 Hunter was also politically active. He moved into the House of Representatives from Rhode Island and stayed there until 1812. During this time, due to the resignation of US Senator Christopher G. Champlin , he was elected as his successor in Congress . He took his mandate in Washington, DC as a federalist from October 28, 1811 and remained there after confirmation by the parliament of his state until March 3, 1821. During this time he was between 1815 and 1817 from the trade committee .

Hunter then returned to Rhode Island, where he served another term in the state parliament from 1823 to 1825. He took in Newport back his law practice on, before he in 1834 by President Andrew Jackson to the American chargé ( charge d'affaires ) in Brazil was appointed. He later rose to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary , practically fulfilling the duties of an ambassador .

Hunter left Brazil in 1845 and settled again in Newport, where he died four years later. He was buried in the Trinity Church Graveyard . His Newport home, Hunter House , was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1968 and has also been a National Historic Landmark since then .

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SURNAME Hunter, William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 26, 1774
PLACE OF BIRTH Newport , Rhode Island
DATE OF DEATH December 3, 1849
Place of death Newport , Rhode Island