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tive letters to the Cincinnati Enquirer, and Her- ald and Presbyter, 1867-68. He was a member of the Ohio state senate, and its presidentpro tem- pore, 1870-72. He declined a nomination for representative in congress in 1871, and was a candidate for lieutenant-governor the same year. He was a member of the Ohio constitutional convention of 1873; judge-advocate-general of Ohio, with the rank of brigadier-general, 1878-79; was nominated for common pleas judge, 1878, and for representative in congress, 1880; was ap- ptiinted judge of the superior court, Cincinnati, Ohio. 18H0; was elected to the same position in April, 1890, for the unexpired termof tliree years, and in 1 893 for a term of five j-ears. He was a trus- tee of Miami university from 1872, a director of the University of Cincinnati, 1874-90, and dean of the university, 1880-90. He received from the University of Cincinnati the degrees of LL.D. in 1890 and L.H.D. in 1895, and from Miami uni- versity, the degrees of LL.D. in 1890 and L.H.D. in 1895. He is the author of: the Campaigns of Anthony Wayne and Arthur St. Clair (1891); Conscience in Public Life (IS7S); Duty of Edu- cated Men to the Bepublic (1895), and contributions to historical and educational journals.

HUNT, Sanford Bebee, journalist, was born in Itliaca, N.Y., Dec. 25, 1825; son of Horace Hunt. His ancestors settled in Connecticut in l(i35. He attended the academj' at Watertown, N.Y., and was graduated at the Medical college, Willuughby, Oliio, in 1845, and practised in Hunt's Hollow, N.Y., where he resided with his uncle, Sanford Hunt, father of Gov. Washing- ington Hunt. He removed to Mendon, N.Y., practised medicine, and was demonstrator of anatomy at the Medical college, Buffalo, N.Y., ia>3-60. He was elected superintendent of schools in Buffalo in 1860, and upon the resigna- tion of Ivory Chamberlain from the editorial staff of the New York Commercial Advertiser, Dr. Hunt succeeded to his position as editor-in- chief. He subsequently became editor of the Buffalo Express. He was commissioned surgeon of the 109th New York volunteers, Col. Benjamin F. Tracy, in 1861. He was transferred to Camp Convalescent, near Alexandria, Va.; was ap- pointed staff surgeon to General Heintzelman. of the Army of the Ohio, and in 1864 was ordered to Fort Smith, Ark., as medical director of the army of the frontier, where he was during the three months' siege, and upon the evacuation of the fort he was transferred to Little Rock, Ark., where lie organized government hospitals. He partici[»ated in the siege of Mobile, and in 1865 was appointed medical director of the Army of Occupation of Texas. He was mustered out of the service in May, 1865, and was brevetted lieu- tenant-colonel for gallant and meritorious serv-

ices during the war. He returned to Buffalo, where he engaged in literary pursuits. He was editor of the Newark Daily Advertiser, 18G0-84. He was married in 1854 to Martha Tallmadge, of Mendon, N.Y. His first published article, " The Country Doctor," appeared in the Knickei-bocker Magazine of 1854. He was editor and proprietor of the BuSalo Medical Journal, and is the author of: Tlie History of the United States Sanitary Com- mission (1866); The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion (1866). He died at Irvington. N.J.. April 17. 1884.

HUNT, Theodore Whitefield, educator, was born in Metuchen, N.J., Feb. 19, 1844; son of Hollo way W. and Henrietta (Mundy) Hunt; grandson of the Rev. Gardiner Augustine and Ruth (Page) Hunt and of Ezra and Catherine Mundy, and a descendant of Augustin and Lydia (Holloway) Hunt. His first American ancestor was Thomas Hunt, born in 1626, at West Farms, N.Y. He was graduated at the College of New Jersey, A.B., 1865, A.M., 1868; studied at Union Theological seminary, 1866-68, and was graduated at Princeton Theological seminary in 1869, He was a tutor in English in the College of New Jersey, 1868-71; studied in Europe at the Uni- versit}- of Berlin, 1871-73; was adjunct professor of rhetoric and English language in the College of New Jersey, 1873-81, and was elected full pro- fessor of English language and literature in 1881. He was ordained by the presbj-tery of Elizabeth, April 17, 1878; received the degree of Ph.D. from Lafayette college in 1880, and that of Litt.D. from Rutgers in 1890. He published: Cadmon's Exodus and Daniel (1883); Principles of Written Discourse (1884); English Prose and Prose Writ- ers (1887); Studies in Literature and Style (1890); Ethical Teachings in Old English Literature (1894); American Meditative Lyrics (1896); £"7!^- lish Meditative Lyrics (1899), and contributed to current iieriodicals.

HUNT, Thomas, i)hysician, was born in Cliarleston, S.C, May 18, 1808. He was gradu- ated in medicine at the University of Pennsyl- vania in 1829. He was a successful practitioner in Charleston, and was distinguished for his treatment of yellow fever and cliolera in the epi- demics of 1832 and 1836. He removed to New Orleans, where he helped to found the University of Louisiana, and was professor of anatomy. 1847- 66. He was house surgeon of the Charity hospital, and president of the Physico-Medical society of New Orleans. He was elected to the presidency of the University of Louisiana in 1866. He died in New Orleans. La.. March 30, 1867.

HUNT, Thomas Sterry, scientist, was born in Norwich. Conn., Sept. 5, 1826; son of Peleg and Jane Elizabeth ^Sterry) Hunt, and grandson of Jolin Hunt and of Consider and Mary Sterry, of