Henry Clinton Hunt
Henry Clinton Hunt was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.[1]
Biography
[edit]Hunt was born on January 27, 1840, in Bradford, Pennsylvania. After residing in Limestone, New York, from 1848 to 1854, he settled in Reedsburg, Wisconsin. During the American Civil War, he served with the 20th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment of the Union Army, achieving the rank of sergeant. Events Hunt took part in include the Battle of Fredericktown, the Battle of Fort Henry and the Battle of Shiloh. He was a merchant by trade. Hunt died in 1908.[2]
Political career
[edit]Hunt was a member of the Assembly during the 1891 and 1893 sessions.[3] Other positions he held include postmaster, town treasurer and member of the village board (similar to city council) of Reedsburg, now a city. He was a Democrat.
References
[edit]- ^ THE BLUE BOOK OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN. 1893. p. 652.
- ^ "Hunt, Henry C." Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
- ^ Lawrence S. Barish, ed. (2007). State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2007 - 2008. p. 148.
- People from Bradford, Pennsylvania
- People from Cattaraugus County, New York
- People from Reedsburg, Wisconsin
- Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- Wisconsin city council members
- City and town treasurers in the United States
- Wisconsin postmasters
- People of Wisconsin in the American Civil War
- Union army soldiers
- Businesspeople from Wisconsin
- 1840 births
- 1908 deaths
- 19th-century American legislators
- 19th-century American businesspeople
- 19th-century American merchants
- 19th-century Wisconsin politicians