Richard C. Hunter

Richard Charles Hunter (* December 3, 1884 at West Point, Cuming County, Nebraska; † January 23, 1941 in Tucson, Arizona) was an American lawyer and politician (Democratic Party), which in the period from November 7, 1934 until January 3, 1935 U.S. Senator for the State of Nebraska was.

Early years

Richard C. Hunter, son of Sarah Frances and Jabez Richard Hunter, was born on December 3, 1884 on a farm near West Point. By 1885 his parents moved with him to Omaha, where he attended the public schools. His wife Viletta G. Taylor, he married in 1908 in Lincoln. There he a year later graduated from the University of Nebraska - Lincoln ( UNL ) successfully and attended from 1910 to 1911, the College of Law at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. That same year, Hunter finally made ​​his Bachelor of Laws from Columbia University in New York and initially began to work as a lawyer in Lincoln and in 1912 in Omaha.

Political rise

Between 1915 and 1917 Hunter was elected judge of the municipal court in Omaha. At the same time he was a member of the House of Representatives from Nebraska. It failed in 1920 in the election for Attorney General of Nebraska and was equally unsuccessful in his candidacy for the state railway commissioner in 1928.

As has been appointed as his successor after the death of U.S. Senator Robert Beecher Howell William Henry Thompson and not elected, took place on November 6, 1934 instead of elections in which it succeeded Hunter to represent his country in Washington as a senator. However, since the legislative session only lasted until January 3, 1935 Hunter also had to resign his office. Because of the brevity of his tenure, he has not even been officially sworn into office. He was succeeded by Edward R. Burke.

Later years and death

After a renewed bid succeeded Hunter in 1937 to become Attorney General in Nebraska. This office he held two years. He died on 23 January 1941 at the age of 56 in Tucson. His body was taken and buried to Omaha.