Narsworthy Hunter

Narsworthy Hunter (* in the 18th century in Virginia, † March 11, 1802 in Washington DC ) was an American politician. Between 1801 and 1802, he represented the Mississippi Territory as a delegate in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Both the date of birth as well as the exact birthplace of Narsworthy Hunter are unknown. The sources go but out of Virginia as his home state. After moving into the territory that became the State of Mississippi, he helped in 1793 as a captain of militia in building an office in his home district. Later, he was entrusted with the control of the military facilities on the east bank of the Mississippi. This river then placed the western boundary of the United States dar.

Hunter belonged to no political party, but was chosen because of his activity in the Mississippi Territory in the congressional elections of 1800 as the first delegates of this area in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington. He assumed his new mandate on 4 March 1801. In Congress he had no right to vote as a delegate. This was the deputies of the regular states reserved. Mississippi received this status until the year 1817.

Hunter could not finish his two -year term in Congress, as it is already after one year, on March 11, 1802 passed away. He was buried at the Congress Cemetery in Washington. His mandate went to a by-election to the also non-party Thomas M. Green.