John Pratt Hungerford was an 18th- and 19th-century politician and lawyer from Virginia

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Born in Leeds, Virginia, Hungerford received an elementary education under private teachers as a child. He studied law and was admitted to the bar. He served in the Revolutionary War

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 and later became a member of the Virginia House of Delegates

Virginia House of Delegates

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, serving from 1797 to 1801 and from there to the Virginia State Senate, serving from 1801 to 1809 and was a Democratic-Republican

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 member elect in the United States House of Representatives

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 in 1811. He was later elected to the House in 1812, serving from 1813 to 1817. Hungerford served in the War of 1812

War of 1812

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 as a brigadier general

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 of militia

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 and later returned to the House of Delegates, serving again from 1823 to 1830. He died at "Twiford" in Westmoreland County, Virginia

Westmoreland County, Virginia

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 on December 21, 1833 and was interred in Hungerford Cemetery in Leedstown, Virginia

Leedstown, Virginia

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External links

• John Hungerford at Find A Grave
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