Hunter Meighan (May 8, 1914 – June 6, 2008) was an American lawyer and politician from

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Life

He was born on May 8, 1914, in

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, the son of Burton C. Meighan and Effie (Hunter) Meighan. He graduated from Columbia College in 1935, and from

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in 1939. Then he practiced law in partnership with his father. He was Acting Police Judge of the Village of Mamaroneck from 1945 to 1949. On April 7, 1951, he married Miriam Gay, and they had three daughters, among them Marcia Meighan who married Greg B. Abbott (born 1950). Meighan was a member of the

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(Westchester Co., 4th D.) from 1951 to 1958, sitting in the 168th, 169th, 170th, 171st and

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s. In 1959, he resigned his seat to run for the State Senate seat vacated by Frank S. McCullough. Meighan was a member of the

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from 1960 to 1964, sitting in the 172nd, 173rd and

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s. In November 1964, he ran for re-election, but was defeated by Democrat Max Berking. He was a delegate to the

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of 1967. Meighan died on June 6, 2008, in Mamaroneck.''Deaths; MEIGHAN, HUNTER''
in the ''

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'' on June 17, 2008

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