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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—South CarolinaJohn HUNTER
(1732/1760-1802)
Senate Years of Service:
1796-1798Party: Democratic
RepublicanHUNTER, John, a
Representative and a Senator from South Carolina; born in South
Carolina in either 1732 or 1760; completed preparatory studies;
engaged in agricultural pursuits near Newberry, S.C.; member, State
house of representatives 1786-1792; Federalist presidential elector
in 1792; elected to the Third Congress (March 4, 1793-March 3,
1795); elected as a Democratic Republican to the United States
Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Pierce
Butler and served from December 8, 1796, to November 26, 1798, when
he resigned; resumed agricultural pursuits on his plantation; died
in 1802; interment in the Little River/Dominick Presbyterian
Cemetery in Newberry County, S.C.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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