Thomas Hunter (September 11, 1834

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– March 11, 1903 Sterling,

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) was an American businessman and politician from

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Life

He attended the common schools, worked on a farm, and then took part in the construction of the

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. From 1857 to 1860, he engaged in the milling business in Sterling Valley. During the

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he enlisted as a private in the 110th New York Volunteers, and finished the war as a captain. After the war he engaged in the

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business, and then became a railroad contractor. He was a member of the

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(Cayuga Co., 1st D.) in 1881 and

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. He was a member of the

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(26th D.) from 1890 to 1893, sitting in the 113th, 114th, 115th and

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Sources

''The New York Red Book''
compiled by Edgar L. Murlin (published by James B. Lyon, Albany NY, 1897; pg. 403f and 500f)
Sketches of the Members of the Legislature
in ''The Evening Journal Almanac'' (1882)
''Obituary Notes; Ex-State Senator THOMAS HUNTER died...''
in NYT on March 12, 1903 {{DEFAULTSORT:Hunter, Thomas 1834 births 1903 deaths Republican Party New York (state) state senators People from Sterling, New York Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly Union Army officers Politicians from Baltimore Businesspeople from Baltimore 19th-century American legislators 19th-century American businesspeople