Party Whig Party Political party Whig Succeeded by Miles Taylor | Name Theodore Hunt Resigned March 3, 1855 Role U.S. representative | |
Born October 23, 1805
Charleston, South Carolina ( 1805-10-23 ) Died November 15, 1893, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States | ||
Preceded by Joseph Aristide Landry | ||
Theodore Gaillard Hunt (October 23, 1805 – November 15, 1893) was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He served one term as a Whig. In 1854, he ran for Congress and lost as a candidate of the American (Know-Nothing) Party.[1]
Biography
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, and later a judge.
During the American Civil War, Hunt was the colonel of the 5th Louisiana Infantry in 1861-62 and later a brigadier general in the Louisiana militia. After New Orleans fell into Union hands, Hunt, who had opposed secession, resigned from the Confederate Army and became Adjutant General of Union Louisiana.[2]