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Born in Versailles, Indiana , Hunter completed a preparatory course. He was graduated from the law department of Indiana University at Bloomington in 1849. He was admitted to the bar and practiced. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1858. Enlisted in the Union Army August 27 , 1862 . Commanded the First Brigade, Third Division, Fourteenth Army Corps. Brevetted brigadier general of Volunteers. Honorably discharged June 24 , 1865 . Hunter was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress ( March 4 , 1867 - March 3 , 1869 ). Hunter was elected to the Forty-third, Forty-fourth, and Forty-fifth Congresses ( March 4 , 1873 - March 3 , 1879 ). Operated a quarry in the Indiana limestone district. He died in Bloomington, Indiana , October 25 , 1896 . He was interred in Rose Hill Cemetery. SOURCE |
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