Jonathan Hunt (Vermont congressman)

Jonathan Hunt ( born August 12, 1787 Vernon, Windham County, Vermont, † May 15 1832 in Washington DC ) was an American politician. Between 1827 and 1832 he represented the first electoral district of the state of Vermont in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Jonathan Hunt was the son of the pioneer and land speculator Jonathan Hunt Sr. (1738-1808) was born. The father was from 1794 to 1796 Lieutenant Governor of Vermont. The younger Hunt attended until 1807 Dartmouth College in Hanover (New Hampshire). After a subsequent study of law and qualifying as a lawyer, he began to work in his new profession from 1812 in Brattleboro. In 1821 he became the first president of the Old Brattleboro bank.

In the years 1811, 1816, 1817 and 1824 Hunt was elected to the House of Representatives from Vermont. Politically, he was a supporter of President John Quincy Adams and an opponent of Andrew Jackson and his Democratic Party. Therefore, he joined the National Republican Party, a precursor of the Whig Party, to. In 1826 he was elected in the first district of Vermont in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he became the successor of William Czar Bradley on March 4, 1827. After two re- elections he could remain until his death on 15 May 1832 Congress. Hunt was lifelong friends with the later U.S. Secretary of State Daniel Webster.

Jonathan Hunt was married to Jane Maria Leavitt. The couple had three children, all of which were active in the arts. The eldest son William (1824-1879) was a renowned painter, whose brother Richard (1827-1895) was a successful architect and a third brother Leavitt (1831-1907) was a well-known photographer.