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 IIKRRINGSIIAW'S LIBIIARY OF AMKRICAN BIOGRAPHY. 1811-17 he was a repreBontativf from Virginia to tht' twelfth, thirtwiitli and fourteenth congresaos. was a l)ri};a<li<'rgeneral of N'irginin militia on the Potomac in 1814. Hf (lie! Dec. 21, IHXi. in Twifonl.

Va. Hungerford, Orville, congn'hHman. was born in ITItO in Connecticut. In 1S4.1-47 he was a reprcHcntative from New York to the twenty-eighth and twent y-nintli eongresHes.

He

died April

fl,

18.'».").

in

Water-

town, Conn. Hungerford, William, lawyer, statesnian. WUH born Nov. 22. 1780, in Ka.st Iladdam, Conn. Ue represi-nted Kai^t Haddam in the state legislature: after hia removal to Hartford was several times n «l»'legHte from that city; and was a member of the constitutional convention of Conn«'cti<'ut in 1818.

He

died .Ian.

1873,

l.'».

in

llartf«»rd.

Conn.

Hunker, John Jacob,

naval

oifrcer,

was

born .Tunc 12, 1844, in ritlsbur;,'li. Pa. In 18t51-62 he served a.»* a privat<' HoMier in the first regiment Ohio artillery; and in 18(58 was appointed ennign in the United States navy. He was promoted througli various gratles; and in VMH attained the rank of rear-admiral. Hunn, John, governor, was horn .lune 2.3, 1847, in New Castle county. Del. He was educated at the Friends' schoner was presidi'nt of the gas and electric company; and was vic»'-president of

an<l several charities. He has IxM'n presith-nt of sev«'ral clubs and various other societies; and has been a bookcollector all his life. He has also traveled extensively at home and abroad. ITe is the author of several published and several privately printed works on history, antiquities and kindred subjects. Hunnicutt, James W., clergyman, author, was born in 1S14 in South Carolina. He is the author of The Conspiracy Unveiled, or the Horrors of Secession. Hunt, Alexander Cameron, governor, was born Dec. 2."i. lS2r». in New York City. In lsri7-<5n he was governor of the territory of Colorado. He died May 14. 1804, in Washington, D.C. Hunt, Benjamin Faneuil, lawyer, state S4'nat«tr. was horn Feb, 20. 1702. in Watertown. Mass. He moved to South Carolina: ami in 1SI8 he was elected to the state house of representativi's and was repeatedly re-ele<'ted until tlw nullilication crisis. He died Dec. r,. 1S.-.7. in New York City. Hunt, Alfred Ephraim, manufacturer, civil engineer, was bi>rn March .31, IS.!.*), in

a savings

bank



East Douglas, Mass.

He was educated

in

high the Roxbury school; and at the Massachusetts

insti-

of technology, tute receiving the degree of bachelor of science. He was connected w ith the United States gwlogical survey; with a and number of private stirveying parties in topographical and railroad locating work in the west. He explored (uie of the first mines develo|K-d in tlu' region of northern Miihigan. He lM*came an owner of the Pittsburgh testing laboratory, whose obji-ct was the physical and chemical testing of nuiterials and the ins|>ecti«>n of iron and steel structures. In 1888 he organized the Pittsbur*,'

redmtion company for

the

man-

ufacture of metal aluminum; and was president and general manager. He died about lJM)r»,

Hunt, Carleton, soldier, educator, lawyer, congressman, was born on .Tan. 1, 18.3(», in New Orleans, La. In 1800 he was a memImt of the convention «)f the constitutional union party at Haton Houge, La.; and server! as an ollicer in the confederate army. He was state administrator of the university uf Louisiana in 1H0({. In 1872 and 187U he was a memlh'r of the democratic state convention; and in 1870 was professor of civil law in the university of Louisiana. In 188.'l-85 he was a representative from Louisiana to the forty-eighth congress as a democrat. Hunt, Charles Sedgwick, naval oflicer, journalist, was born April 7. 1842, in Litchfield, Conn. At tin* lK>giniiing of the civil war he entereil the navy; and became acting master on the war-shiop .luniata. Early in

1876 he joined the editorial stalT of the died Oct. 15, 1876,

New York Times. He in New York City.

Hunt, Charles Wallace, civil engineer, inventor, was born Oct, 1.3. 1841. in Candor, N,Y. During the civil war he was special agent of the war department to care for freedmen as they escaped from the confederate into the Union lines. He has done nnich engineering work in construction of wharves, docks, storage warehouses and

power stations; is jiresident of several c<»rporafions; and president of Staten Island chamber of commerce. Hunt, Edward Bissell, military engineer, author, was horn .Time ]'t, 1822, in Livingston county. N.Y. He was a military engineer. He was the author of Union Foundations: a Studv of .merican Xationalitv. He died Oct. 2." 1803. in Hro..klyn. N.Y. Hunt, Emory William, educator, clergyman, college president, was horn Feb. 2. 1803. in East Clarence, N.Y. In 1887-00 he