Theodore Gaillard Hunt

Theodore Gaillard Hunt
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 2nd district
In office March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
Preceded by	Joseph Aristide Landry
Succeeded by	Miles Taylor
Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
In office 1837-1853
Personal details
Born	(1805-10-23)October 23, 1805 Charleston, South Carolina
Died	New Orleans, Louisiana
Political party	Whig Know Nothing

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 1854, he ran for Congress and lost as a candidate of the American (Know-Nothing) Party.

Biography

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 his tenure in congress he is notable as one of the few Southerners to have opposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

During the American Civil War, Hunt was the colonel of the rebel 5th Louisiana Infantry in 1861-62 and later a brigadier general in the Louisiana militia. After New Orleans fell into Union hands, Hunt, who had opposed secession, resigned from the Confederate Army and became Adjutant General of Union Louisiana.

External links

• Theodore Gaillard Hunt at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Theodore Gaillard Hunt entry at The Political Graveyard
• Theodore Gaillard Hunt at Find a Grave

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Joseph Aristide Landry	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	Succeeded by Miles Taylor

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