John T. Hunt

John Thomas Hunt (February 2, 1860 – November 30, 1916) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.

John T. Hunt
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, November 5, 1902
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 11th district
In office March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907
Preceded by	Charles Frederick Joy
Succeeded by	Henry S. Caulfield
Personal details
Born	John Thomas Hunt February 2, 1860 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Died	November 30, 1916 (aged 56) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Resting place	Calvary Cemetery
Political party	Republican

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Hunt attended the common schools. In his youth, he was a professional ball player and umpire. He became a stonecutter and later a stone contractor.

Hunt was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907). During his service in Congress, he was the only Representative to have a union card.[1] He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1906 and for nomination in 1908. He resumed the business of stone contractor. He died in St. Louis, Missouri, November 30, 1916. He was interred in Calvary Cemetery.

References

1. Gary M Fink. Labor's Search for Political Order: The Political Behavior of the Missouri Labor Movement 1890-1940. Missouri: Columbia, 1973.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.

• United States Congress. "John T. Hunt (id: H000973)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

External links

• John Thomas Hunt entry at The Political Graveyard
• John T. Hunt at Find a Grave