Andrew Jackson Hunter (December 17, 1831 – January 12, 1913) was a

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from Illinois. Born in Greencastle, Indiana, Hunter moved with his parents to Paris, Illinois, in 1832. He attended the common schools and Edgar Academy. He worked as a

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from 1852 to 1856. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1856, and commenced practice in Paris. He served as member of the

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1864–1868, and was also a member of the board of investigation of State institutions. He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1870 to the Forty-second Congress and again, in 1882, to the

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. He served as judge of the

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court 1886–1892. Hunter was elected as a

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to the

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(March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the

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. Hunter was elected to the Fifty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1899). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1898 to the Fifty-sixth Congress. He served as delegate to the

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in 1908. He died in Paris, Illinois, January 12, 1913. He was interred in Edgar Cemetery.

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