John T. Hunt
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John Thomas Hunt was a U.S. Representative
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 from Missouri
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Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Hunt attended the common schools.
In his youth was a professional ball player and umpire.
He became a stonecutter and later a stone contractor.

Hunt was elected as a Democrat
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to the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1907).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1906 and for nomination in 1908.
He resumed the business of stone contractor.
He died in St. Louis, Missouri, November 30, 1916.
He was interred in Calvary Cemetery.
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