Theodore Gaillard Hunt

Infobox_Congressman
name= Theodore Gaillard Hunt


state= Louisiana
district= 2nd
term= 1853 - 1855
preceded= Joseph Aristide Landry
succeeded= Miles Taylor
date of birth= birth date|1805|10|23|mf=y
place of birth= Charleston, South Carolina
date of death= death date and age|1893|11|15|1805|10|23|mf=y
place of death= New Orleans, Louisiana
spouse=
profession=
religion=
party= Whig|

Theodore Gaillard Hunt (October 23, 1805 – November 15, 1893) was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He served one term as a Whig. In 1855, he ran for Congress and lost as a candidate of the American (Know-Nothing) Party. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=940DE6DA103DE034BC4A52DFB767838E649FDE]

Hunt was born in Charleston, South Carolina. In addition to being a member of Congress, Hunt was district attorney for New Orleans, member of the state House of Representative for sixteen years, and later a judge.

During the American Civil War, Hunt was the colonel of the 5th Louisiana Infantry in 1861-62 and later a brigadier general in the Confederate Army. After New Orleans fell into Union hands, Hunt, who had opposed secession, resigned from the Confederate Army and became Adjutant General of Union Louisiana. [http://www.usskidd.com/heritage-nationalguard.html]

External links

* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000977 Bio at Congress.gov]
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hunt.html Political Graveyard]