John T. Hunt

John Thomas Hunt (February 2, 1860 – November 30, 1916) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.

John T. Hunt
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, November 5, 1902
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 11th district
In office
March 4, 1903  March 3, 1907
Preceded byCharles Frederick Joy
Succeeded byHenry S. Caulfield
Personal details
Born
John Thomas Hunt

(1860-02-02)February 2, 1860
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
DiedNovember 30, 1916(1916-11-30) (aged 56)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Resting placeCalvary Cemetery
Political partyRepublican

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Hunt attended the common schools. In his youth, he was a professional ball player and umpire. He became a stonecutter and later a stone contractor.

Hunt was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907). During his service in Congress, he was the only Representative to have a union card.[1] He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1906 and for nomination in 1908. He resumed the business of stone contractor. He died in St. Louis, Missouri, November 30, 1916. He was interred in Calvary Cemetery.

References

  1. Gary M Fink. Labor's Search for Political Order: The Political Behavior of the Missouri Labor Movement 1890-1940. Missouri: Columbia, 1973.

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  • United States Congress. "John T. Hunt (id: H000973)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Charles Frederick Joy
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 11th congressional district

March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907
Succeeded by
Henry S. Caulfield
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