Washington Hunt
Washington Hunt | |
|---|---|
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| 17th Governor of New York | |
| In office January 1, 1851 – December 31, 1852 | |
| Lieutenant | Sanford E. Church |
| Preceded by | Hamilton Fish |
| Succeeded by | Horatio Seymour |
| 14th New York State Comptroller | |
| In office February 20, 1849 – December 18, 1850 | |
| Governor | Hamilton Fish |
| Preceded by | Millard Fillmore |
| Succeeded by | Philo C. Fuller |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 34th district | |
| In office March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1849 | |
| Preceded by | District created |
| Succeeded by | Lorenzo Burrows |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 5, 1811 New York City, New York, US |
| Political party | Whig |
| Profession | Politician, Lawyer, Judge |
Washington Hunt (August 5, 1811 – February 2, 1867) was an American lawyer and politician.
Life and career
Hunt was born in
Lockport, New York in 1828 to study law, was admitted to the bar in 1834, and opened a law office on Market Street in 1835. He was First Judge of the Niagara County
Court from 1836 to 1841.
He was elected as a
, and served from March 4, 1843, to March 3, 1849.He was elected
U.S. Vice President. In November 1849, he was re-elected, but resigned the comptrollership after his election as Governor of New York the following year. He was Governor from 1851 to 1852, and was defeated for re-election by Horatio Seymour
.
After the break-up of the Whig Party, Hunt, despite his previous association with the
Stephen Douglas
.
In his last years, Hunt moved increasingly closer to the Democrats, endorsing his two-time opponent,
National Union Convention
of 1866, which sought to join Democrats and conservative Republicans into a new party to support Johnson.
His brother was Major Edward B. Hunt, a West Point graduate, who was killed in October 1863 while working with an experimental weapons system.
He was buried at the Glenwood Cemetery in Lockport. His former Lockport home at 363 Market Street is in the Lowertown Historic District.[2]
Sources
- United States Congress. "Washington Hunt (id: H000978)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ p. 145, Castleman, John Breckenridge. Active Service. Louisville, KY: Courier-Journal Job Printing, 1917.
- ^ Cornelia E. Brooke (April 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Lowertown Historic District". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-06-14. See also: "Accompanying six photos".
- [1] Political Graveyard
- www.famousamericans.net/washingtonhunt/ Bio from Appleton's Encyclopedia, at Famous Americans
- Google Books The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 31, 34 and 362; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
External links
- Photo of his law office, at Lockport website
- Description of the museum at his old law office, at Niagara history
- [2] The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (page 403; Weed, Parsons & Co., Albany NY, 1867)