William H. HUNTER, Congress, OH (1842)

HUNTER William H. , a Representative from Ohio; born in Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky., birth date unknown; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Tiffin, Ohio; moved to Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio, about 1825 and continued the practice of his profession for several years; moved to Sandusky, Ohio; appointed collector of customs at Sandusky in 1835; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1837-March 3, 1839); died under mysterious circumstances near Sandusky, Ohio, in 1842; interment in the Cholera Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present