Hiram Paine Hunt (May 23, 1796 – August 14, 1865) was a

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from

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. Born in

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, Hunt attended the public schools and graduated from

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, in 1816. He studied law at the Litchfield Law School. He was

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in May 1819 and commenced practice in

. He served as town clerk of Pittstown in 1822. He moved to

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, in 1825 and to

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, in 1831, where he continued the practice of law. Hunt was elected as an

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candidate to the Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1836 to the Twenty-fifth Congress. Hunt was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1842. He resumed the practice of his profession in

. He moved to New York City and continued the practice of law until his death on August 14, 1865.

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