Carleton Hunt
Carleton Hunt | |
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| File:Carleton Hunt (Louisiana congressman).jpg From the March 1890 edition of The Green Bag magazine | |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 1st district | |
| In office March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 | |
| Preceded by | Randall L. Gibson |
| Succeeded by | Louis St. Martin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 1, 1836 New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Died | August 14, 1921 (aged 85) New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Party | Democratic |
| Other political affiliations | Constitutional Union Party |
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Carleton Hunt (January 1, 1836 – August 14, 1921) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He served one term as a Democrat.
Hunt was born in New Orleans and attended Harvard and law school at Tulane. Prior to the Civil War he had been affiliated with the Constitutional Union Party. He was a professor and ten-year dean of the law school at Tulane. He served as a lieutenant in the Confederate artillery during the Civil War.
Carleton Hunt was the son of prominent New Orleans physician Thomas Hunt (1808-1867), who was one of the founders of Tulane University's medical school, and the former Aglae Marie Carleton (1816-1847). He married Georgine Cammack; the couple had three sons, who became a doctor and two lawyers. Hunt died in New Orleans. He was a member of The Boston Club of New Orleans.[1]
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- Harvard University Archives. Civil War papers of Carleton Hunt, 1861-1864.
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