Jonathan Hunt (Vermont lieutenant Governor)

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For the U.S. representative from Vermont, see Jonathan Hunt (Vermont Representative)

Jonathan Hunt (1738-1808) was born in Northfield, Massachusetts in 1738. He was the last Lieutenant Governor of the independent republic of Vermont , 1794-1796 and presidential elector for Vermont, 1800. He lived in Vernon, Vermont a town which he renamed from Hinsdale, the name being suggested by his wife Lavinia (Swan) Hunt.


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  • Vermont Place-Names: Footprints of History by Esther Munroe Swift
Preceded by:
Peter Olcott
Lieutenant Governor of Vermont (Independent Republic)
1794–1796
Succeeded by:
Paul Brigham