William Hunter (Vermont)

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William Hunter (January 3, 1754 - November 30, 1827) was a U.S. Representative from Vermont.

Born in Sharon, Connecticut, Hunter attended the common schools. He resided near Fort Edward, New York, from 1763 until 1775, when he moved to Windsor, Vermont. He served in the Revolutionary War as a sergeant and lieutenant under General Montgomery.

Hunter served as member of the Vermont House of Representatives, as Register of probate,as judge of probate for the district of Windsor, as assistant judge of the county court, as member of the Vermont council of censors in 1806 and as member of the executive council.

Hunter was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fifteenth Congress (March 4, 1817-March 3, 1819). He was not a candidate for reelection to the Sixteenth Congress. He died in Windsor, Vermont, November 30, 1827 and was interred in Sheddsville Cemetery in West Windsor.

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