Morton C. Hunter

Morton Craig Hunter (* February 5, 1825 in Versailles, Ripley County, Indiana, † October 25, 1896 in Bloomington, Indiana) was an American soldier and politician. Between 1867 and 1879 he represented two times the state of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Morton Hunter attended the schools of his home. After a subsequent law degree from Indiana University in Bloomington and its made ​​in 1849 admitted to the bar he began to work in this profession. In the 1850s he became a member of the Republican Party. In 1858 he was elected to the House of Representatives from Indiana. Since 1862, he participated as an officer in the army of the Union part in the civil war. By 1865 he was Brevet Brigadier General of Volunteer unit.

In the congressional elections of 1866, Hunter was in the third electoral district of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Ralph Hill on March 4, 1867. Until March 3, 1869, he was able to complete a term in Congress. This was marked by the conflict between Hunters Party and President Andrew Johnson. In the elections of 1872 Hunter was elected to Congress again in the sixth district of his state, where he became the successor of Daniel W. Voorhees on March 4, 1873. After two re- elections he could remain until March 3 1879 parliament. Since 1875 he represented there as a successor of James Noble Tyner the eighth district of his state.

After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives Morton Hunter ran a mine. He died on October 25, 1896 in Bloomington.