Howard J. Hunter Jr. (December 19, 1946 – January 7, 2007) was a
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member of the
North Carolina General Assembly
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representing the state's fifth House district, including constituents in Bertie, Gates,
Hertford
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and
Perquimans
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Northampton
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) counties. A funeral director from Ahoskie, North Carolina, Hunter served nine full terms in the state House of Representatives. After being elected to a tenth term in November 2006, Hunter died on January 7, 2007, before the new legislature convene He was born in Washington, D.C.
His son,
Howard J. Hunter III
Howard Jacque Hunter III is a former member of the North Carolina House of Representatives who represented the state's 5th House district (including constituents in Gates, Hertford, and Pasquotank counties) from 2015 to 2023. A Democrat, Hunter w ...
, sought to replace his father in the seat, but local Democratic Party leaders instead nominated retired court clerk Annie Mobleybr> The younger Hunter was eventually elected to the House, in 2014.