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 |