John Hunter (December 30, 1802) was an American farmer from

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. He represented

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in the

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from 1793 until 1795 and in the

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from 1796 to 1798. Hunter was born in the

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around 1752, but his exact date of birth is not known. He was educated in South Carolina and became a plantation owner and operator near

. He served in the

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from 1786 to 1792, and was a Federalist presidential elector in 1792. In 1792 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives. He served in the 3rd Congress, March 4, 1793 to March 3, 1795. He was elected to the

as a

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, filling the vacancy caused by the resignation of

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; he served from December 8, 1796, to November 26, 1798, when he resigned. After leaving the Senate, Hunter resumed operation of his plantations. He died on December 30, 1802, and was interred at Little River/Dominick Presbyterian Cemetery in

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