| 词条 | Augustus P. Hunton |
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|name= Augustus P. Hunton |image=Augustus P. Hunton.jpg |caption=From 1895's The Illustrated Historical Souvenir of Bethel, Vermont |office1= President pro tempore of the Vermont State Senate |term_start1= 1857 |term_end1= 1857 |predecessor1= James M. Hotchkiss |successor1= Lucius E. Chittenden |office2=Member of the Vermont Senate from Windsor County |term_start2=1856 |term_end2=1857 |alongside2=George Johnson, Shubael Converse, George F. Davis, Joseph D. Hatch |predecessor2=Carlos Coolidge, Norman Williams, Shubael Converse, George Johnson |successor2=Charles S. Raymond, Warren C. French, Joseph D. Hatch, John Wilder |office3=Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives |term_start3=1860 |term_end3=1862 |preceded3=George F. Edmunds |succeeded3=J. Gregory Smith |office4= Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from Bethel |term4=1849, 1854, 1859-1862 |preceded4= |succeeded4= |birth_date= {{Birth date|1816|2|23|mf=y}} |birth_place= Groton, New Hampshire |death_date= {{death date and age|1911|6|20|1816|2|23|mf=y}} |death_place= Bethel, Vermont |spouse= |profession= Attorney |party= Whig (before 1854) Republican (after 1854) }} Augustus P. Hunton (February 23, 1816 – June 20, 1911) was a Vermont lawyer and politician. He served in the Vermont House of Representatives including three years as Speaker. In addition, he served as President pro tempore of the Vermont State Senate. Early lifeAugustus Pingry Hunton was born in Groton, New Hampshire on February 23, 1816.[1] He was raised in Hyde Park and Johnson, Vermont, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1837.[2][3] Hunton practiced in Stockbridge, Bethel and Chelsea before settling permanently in Bethel in 1848. Hunton usually practiced in conjunction with one other attorney, and one of his early partners was Governor Julius Converse. In addition, Hunton was a relative of Samuel Pingree and Samuel's brother Stephen M. Pingree, both of whom studied law with Hunton before forming the Hartford firm of Pingree and Pingree.[4] Political careerOriginally a Whig, he became a Republican when the party was organized in the mid-1850s. Hunton represented Bethel in the Vermont House of Representatives In 1849, 1854, and 1859 to 1862. From 1860 to 1862 Hunton served as Speaker.[5][6][7] From 1856 to 1857 Hunton represented Windsor County in the Vermont Senate, and in 1857 he served as the Senate's President pro tem.[8][9] During the Civil War Hunton was superintendent of Union Army recruiting for Windsor County.[10] In 1864 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention.[11] After the war Hunton was a U.S. Pension Notary, responsible for verifying the documents presented by claimants before they were delivered to Vermont's U.S. Pension Agents.[12] Other activitiesHunton was a trustee of Norwich University from 1862 to 1867.[13] He was the recipient of honorary master's degrees from the University of Vermont in 1847 and Dartmouth College in 1859.[14] Death and burialHunton died in Bethel on June 20, 1911.[15] He was buried in Bethel's Cherry Hill Cemetery, of which he was an original incorporator.[16][17] Notes1. ^New Hampshire, Births and Christenings Index, 1714-1904, entry for Augustus P. Hunton, accessed January 29, 2012 {{s-start}}{{s-off}}{{succession box | before=George F. Edmunds |title=Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives | years=1860 – 1862 | after=J. Gregory Smith}}{{succession box | before=James M. Hotchkiss |title=President pro tempore of the Vermont State Senate | years=1857 | after=Lucius E. Chittenden}}{{s-end}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Hunton, Augustus P.}}2. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=tt2_3hTQxFMC Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography], edited by Prentiss Cutler Dodge, 1912, page 232 3. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=fxf14GRvwkoC Gazetteer of Washington County, Vt., 1783-1889], edited by William Adams, 1889, page 92 4. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=qOw8AAAAIAAJ Biographical sketch of Augustus P. Hunton], by Samuel Pingree, published in Annual Meeting Reports, Vermont Bar Association, Volume 10 Number 1 (1917), pages 72 to 76 5. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=dygbAQAAIAAJ Journal of the Vermont House of Representatives], published by Vermont General Assembly, 1849, page 4 6. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=e4wUAAAAYAAJ Early History of Vermont], by LaFayette Wilbur, Volume 3, 1902, page 382 7. ^[https://www.nytimes.com/1862/09/04/news/the-vermont-election.html Newspaper article, The Vermont Election], New York Times, September 4, 1862 8. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=4zNFAAAAYAAJ Journal of the Senate of the State of Vermont], published by Vermont General Assembly, 1857, page 4 9. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=WkQjAQAAMAAJ History of Windsor County, Vermont], edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich and Frank R. Holmes, 1891, page 98 10. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=NsegAAAAMAAJ Annuel Report], by Vermont Adjutant General, 1864, page 149 11. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=ddMYFxWjPcAC Proceedings of the First Three Republican National Conventions of 1856, 1860 and 1864], compiled and published by Harrison & Smith, Minneapolis, 1893, page 248 12. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=CN4GAQAAIAAJ Vermont Year Book, Formerly Walton's Register], published by E. P. Walton, Montpelier, 1875, page 50 13. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=tllMAAAAMAAJ Norwich University, 1819-1911; Her History, Her Graduates, Her Roll of Honor], edited by William Arba Ellis, Volume 3, 1911, pages 28 to 29. 14. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=xFROAAAAMAAJ General Catalogue of Dartmouth College], published by the college, 1880, page 139 15. ^Vermont Death Records, 1909-2008, record for Augustus P. Hunton, accessed January 29, 2012 16. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=5nJOAQAAIAAJ Acts and Laws Passed by the Legislature of the State of Vermont], published by Vermont General Assembly, 1902, page 421 17. ^Bethel Vermont Cemetery Records, 1792 - 1919, prepared and maintained by Bethel Town Clerk, 1952, page 45 13 : 1816 births|1911 deaths|People from Bethel, Vermont|People of Vermont in the American Civil War|Vermont Republicans|Vermont lawyers|Members of the Vermont House of Representatives|Speakers of the Vermont House of Representatives|Vermont state senators|Presidents pro tempore of the Vermont Senate|Norwich University|Burials in Vermont|19th-century American politicians |
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