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

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from

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. Born in

Greencastle, Indiana Greencastle is a city in Greencastle Township, Putnam County, Indiana, United States, and the county seat of Putnam County. It is located near Interstate 70 approximately halfway between Terre Haute and Indianapolis in the west-central portion ...

, Hunter moved with his parents to

Paris, Illinois Paris is a city in Edgar County, Illinois, south of Chicago and west of Indianapolis. The population was 8,291 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat and largest city in Edgar County, Illinois, Edgar County. History Paris was established i ...

, 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

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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

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and again, in 1882, to the Forty-eighth Congress. He served as judge of the Edgar County court 1886–1892. Hunter was elected as a

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to the Fifty-third Congress (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

, January 12, 1913. He was interred in Edgar Cemetery.

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