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HUNT, James Bennett (1799-1857)

Democrat of Michigan

3rd congressional district

Served in House 1843-1847

Total roll-call votes cast: 1,098

Biography

Representative from Michigan; born in Demerara, British Guiana, South America, August 13, 1799; returned with his father to New York City in 1803; pursued an academic course; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1824 and commenced practice in New York City; moved to Pontiac, Mich., in 1836; judge of the probate court in 1836; appointed commissioner of internal improvement by Governor Mason in March 1837; served as prosecuting attorney of Oakland County 1841-1843; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1847); appointed register of the land office at Sault Ste. Marie January 1848 and served until June 1849; returned to Pontiac and held the office of circuit court commissioner of Oakland County; moved to Washington, D.C., and died there on August 15, 1857; interment in Congressional Cemetary, Washington, D.C.
Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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