William Hunter (Vermont politician)

Hunter was born in Sharon in the Connecticut Colony to Rebecca Marvin and David Hunter.[5] He attended the common schools. He resided near Ford Edward in the Province of New York from 1763 until 1775, when he moved to Windsor. He joined a Vermont militia company commanded by Captain John Grout and served in the Revolutionary War as an orderly sergeant and lieutenant, and took part in General Richard Montgomery's expedition to Canada.[6]

He served as a member of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1795, 1807, and 1808.[7] He was the register of probate from 1798 until 1801, and judge of probate for the district of Windsor from 1801 until 1816.[8] He also served as Justice of the Peace in Windsor.[9] He was a Presidential Elector for Vermont in 1804, and voted for the reelection of Thomas Jefferson as President and new running mate George Clinton as Vice President.[10]

Hunter was an assistant judge of the Windsor County, Vermont court from 1805 until 1816, and was a member of the Vermont Council of Censors in 1806 and 1820.[11] He was a member of the Vermont Executive Council from 1810 until 1813 and in 1815.[12]

Hunter was elected as a Democratic-Republican candidate to the Fifteenth Congress, serving from March 4, 1817 until March 3, 1819.[13] He was not a candidate for reelection to the Sixteenth Congress.

Hunter was married to Mary Newell Hunter on January 30, 1777.[14] They had three children together, all who died very young; William Hunter,[15] Mary Hunter[16] and Jonathan Hunter.[17]

Hunter died in Windsor, Vermont on November 30, 1827. He is interred at Sheddsville Cemetery in West Windsor.[18]

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