Robert M. T. Hunter

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title: Robert M. T. Hunter
text: Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter was an American lawyer, politician and planter. He was a U.S. representative, speaker of the House (1839–1841), and U.S. senator (1847–1861). During the American Civil War, Hunter became the Confederate States Secretary of State (1861–1862) and then a Confederate senator (1862–1865) and critic of President Jefferson Davis. After the war, Hunter failed to win re-election to the U.S. Senate, but did serve as the treasurer of Virginia (1874–1880) before retiring to h
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description: American lawyer and politician (1809–1887)
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date created: 2004-12-26T21:14:18Z
date modified: 2024-09-09T14:43:56Z
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