Carleton Hunt (January 1, 1836 – August 14, 1921) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing the

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. He served one term as a Democrat. Hunt was born in

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and attended

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and law school at Tulane. Prior to the

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he had been affiliated with the Constitutional Union Party. He was a professor and ten-year dean of the law school at Tulane. He served as a lieutenant in the Confederate

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during the

. Carleton Hunt was the son of prominent New Orleans physician Thomas Hunt (1808-1867), who was one of the founders of Tulane University's medical school, and the former Aglae Marie Carleton (1816-1847). He married Georgine Cammack; the couple had three sons, who became a doctor and two lawyers. Hunt died in New Orleans. He was a member of The Boston Club of New Orleans.

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External links

Harvard University Archives. Civil War papers of Carleton Hunt, 1861-1864.
* 1836 births 1921 deaths Harvard University alumni Louisiana Unionists Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana Tulane University Law School alumni 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives {{Louisiana-politician-stub