Theodore Gaillard Hunt

Theodore Gaillard Hunt (October 23, 1805 – November 15, 1893) was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He served one term as a Whig. In 1854, he ran for Congress and lost as a candidate of the American (Know-Nothing) Party.^[1]

Biography[]

Hunt was born in Charleston, South Carolina. In addition to being a member of Congress, Hunt was district attorney for New Orleans, member of the state House of Representative for sixteen years, and later a judge. During his tenure in congress he is notable as one of the few Southerners to have opposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

During the American Civil War, Hunt was the colonel of the rebel in 1861-62 and later a brigadier general in the Louisiana militia. After New Orleans fell into Union hands, Hunt, who had opposed secession, resigned from the Confederate Army and became Adjutant General of Union Louisiana.^[2]

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External links[]

• United States Congress. "Theodore Gaillard Hunt (id: H000977)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Theodore Gaillard Hunt entry at The Political Graveyard
• Theodore Gaillard Hunt at Find a Grave

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