Jonathan G. Hunton

Jonathan Glidden Hunton (* March 14, 1781 in Unity, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, † October 12, 1851 in Fairfield, Maine ) was an American politician and from 1830 to 1831 governor of Maine.

Early years

Jonathan Hunton grew up in New Hampshire, where he attended the local schools. After studying law with his uncle, Samuel P. Glidden he began to practice in Readfield in present-day Maine.

Political career

Huntons political career began in 1829 when he was appointed to the consultant staff of the Governor of Maine. That same year, the hitherto little-known Hunton was elected as the new governor of Maine. He began his one-year term on February 9, 1830. The most important event in this period was the foundation stone for the country's first hospital for the mentally handicapped. At that time the term of a governor of Maine lasted only a year. After an unsuccessful attempt at re-election in 1830, Hunton had to resign from his post on February 5, 1831. From 1832 to 1834 he was a member of the Senate of Maine. After he retired from politics.

Evening of life and death

After the end of his political career Hunton was working as a lawyer again. He died suddenly on 12 October 1851 in Fairfield and was buried in his home town of Readfield. Jonathan Hunton was married twice and had a total of two children. His second wife Mary Glidden was his uncle 's widow, had once studied law at the Jonathan.