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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaMorton Craig HUNTER
(1825-1896)
HUNTER, Morton Craig, a
Representative from Indiana; born in Versailles, Ripley County,
Ind., on February 5, 1825; completed a preparatory course; was
graduated from the law department of Indiana University at
Bloomington in 1849; was admitted to the bar and practiced; member
of the State house of representatives in 1858; enlisted in the
Union Army August 27, 1862; commanded the First Brigade, Third
Division, Fourteenth Army Corps; brevetted brigadier general of
Volunteers; honorably discharged June 24, 1865; elected as a
Republican to the Fortieth Congress (March 4, 1867-March 3, 1869);
elected to the Forty-third, Forty-fourth, and Forty-fifth
Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1879); operated a quarry in the
Indiana limestone district; died in Bloomington, Ind., October 25,
1896; interment in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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