William Hunter (Vermont)
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William Hunter was a U.S. Representative
from Vermont
.
Born in Sharon, Connecticut
, Hunter attended the common schools. He resided near Fort Edward, New York, from 1763 until 1775, when he moved to Windsor, Vermont
.
He served in the Revolutionary War
as a sergeant and lieutenant under General Montgomery.
Hunter served as member of the Vermont House of Representatives
, as register of probate
, as judge of probate for the district of Windsor, as assistant judge of the county court, as member of the Vermont council of censors in 1806 and as member of the executive council.
Hunter was elected as a Democratic-Republican
to the Fifteenth
Congress (March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819). He was not a candidate for reelection to the Sixteenth
Congress. He died in Windsor, Vermont
, November 30, 1827 and was interred in Sheddsville Cemetery in West Windsor.
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
from Vermont
Vermont
Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...
.
Born in Sharon, Connecticut
Sharon, Connecticut
Sharon is a town located in Litchfield County, Connecticut, in the northwest corner of the state. It is bounded on the north by Salisbury, on the east by the Housatonic River, on the south by Kent, and on the west by Dutchess County, New York...
, Hunter attended the common schools. He resided near Fort Edward, New York, from 1763 until 1775, when he moved to Windsor, Vermont
Windsor, Vermont
Windsor is a town in Windsor County, Vermont, United States. The population was 3,756 at the 2000 census.-History:One of the New Hampshire grants, Windsor was chartered as a town on July 6, 1761 by Colonial Governor Benning Wentworth. It was first settled in August 1764 by Captain Steele Smith and...
.
He served in the Revolutionary War
American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the...
as a sergeant and lieutenant under General Montgomery.
Hunter served as member of the Vermont House of Representatives
Vermont House of Representatives
The Vermont House of Representatives is the lower house of the Vermont General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Vermont. The House comprises 150 members. Vermont legislative districting divides representing districts into 66 single-member districts and 42 two-member...
, as register of probate
Probate
Probate is the legal process of administering the estate of a deceased person by resolving all claims and distributing the deceased person's property under the valid will. A probate court decides the validity of a testator's will...
, as judge of probate for the district of Windsor, as assistant judge of the county court, as member of the Vermont council of censors in 1806 and as member of the executive council.
Hunter was elected as a Democratic-Republican
Democratic-Republican Party (United States)
The Democratic-Republican Party or Republican Party was an American political party founded in the early 1790s by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Political scientists use the former name, while historians prefer the latter one; contemporaries generally called the party the "Republicans", along...
to the Fifteenth
15th United States Congress
-Leadership:- Senate :* President: Daniel D. Tompkins * President pro tempore:** John Gaillard , elected March 4, 1817** James Barbour , elected February 15, 1819- House of Representatives :*Speaker: Henry Clay -Members:...
Congress (March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819). He was not a candidate for reelection to the Sixteenth
16th United States Congress
-House of Representatives:During this congress, one House seat was added for the new state of Alabama and one seat was reapportioned from Massachusetts to the new state of Maine. For the beginning of the next congress, six more seats from Massachusetts would be reapportioned to...
Congress. He died in Windsor, Vermont
Windsor, Vermont
Windsor is a town in Windsor County, Vermont, United States. The population was 3,756 at the 2000 census.-History:One of the New Hampshire grants, Windsor was chartered as a town on July 6, 1761 by Colonial Governor Benning Wentworth. It was first settled in August 1764 by Captain Steele Smith and...
, November 30, 1827 and was interred in Sheddsville Cemetery in West Windsor.