Theodore Gaillard Hunt

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Theodore Gaillard Hunt (October 23, 1805November 15, 1893) was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He served one term as a Whig.

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, judge, colonel of the Fifth Louisiana Regiment and later brigadier general in the Confederate Army.

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Preceded by:
Joseph Aristide Landry
United States Representative for the 2nd Congressional District of Louisiana
1853–1855
Succeeded by:
Miles Taylor