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WARD HUNT was
born in Utica, New York, on June 14, 1810. He was graduated
from Union College in 1828 and studied law at a private
academy in Litchfield, Connecticut. He continued his law
studies as a clerk in the office of a Utica judge. Hunt
was admitted to the bar in 1831 and established a law
partnership in Utica, where he practiced for thirty-one
years. In 1839, Hunt served one term in the New York Assembly,
and in 1844 he was elected Mayor of Utica. In 1853, Hunt
ran for a seat on the New York Supreme Court but lost
the election. He was elected a judge of the New York Court
of Appeals in 1865, the State’s highest court, and
in 1868 he became Chief Judge. The following year, the
New York court system was reorganized, and Hunt became
a Commissioner of Appeals, a position he held for three
years. President Ulysses S. Grant nominated Hunt to the
Supreme Court of the United States on December 3, 1872.
The Senate confirmed the appointment on December 11, 1872.
Hunt served on the Supreme Court for nine years and retired
from the Court in 1882. He died on March 24, 1886, at
the age of seventy-five. |
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