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Theodore Gaillard Hunt (October 23, 1805 – November 15, 1893) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. From 1853 to 1855, he served one term as a Whig.
Theodore Gaillard Hunt | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 2nd district | |
In office March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | |
Preceded by | Joseph Aristide Landry |
Succeeded by | Miles Taylor |
Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives | |
In office 1837-1853 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. | October 23, 1805
Died | November 15, 1893 88) New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | (aged
Political party | Whig Know Nothing |
In 1854, he ran for re-election and lost as a candidate of the American (Know-Nothing) Party.[1]
Hunt was born in Charleston, South Carolina. In addition to being a member of Congress, Hunt was district attorney for New Orleans, member of the state House of Representative for sixteen years, and later a judge. During his tenure in congress he is notable as one of the few Southerners to have opposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act.[citation needed]
During the American Civil War, Hunt was the colonel of the rebel 5th Louisiana Infantry in 1861-62 and later a brigadier general in the Louisiana militia. After New Orleans fell into Union hands, Hunt, who had opposed secession, resigned from the Confederate Army and became Adjutant General of Union Louisiana.[2]
He died on November 15, 1893, at the age of 88.
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