| LC control no. | n 85363382 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Hunter, R. M. T. (Robert Mercer Taliaferro), 1809-1887 |
| Variant(s) | Hunter, Robert Mercer Taliaferro, 1809-1887 Hunter, Mr. (Robert Mercer Taliaferro), 1809-1887 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1809-04-21 |
| Death date | 1887-07-18 |
| Place of birth | Loretto (Va.) |
| Place of death | Essex County (Va.) |
| Affiliation | University of Virginia Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate Whig Party (U.S.) Democratic Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers Politicians |
| Found in | Calhoun, J. C. Life of John C. Calhoun, 1843: (name not given) LC in OCLC, 1-14-86 (hdg.: Hunter, Robert Mercer Taliaferro, 1809-1887; usage: Robert M. T. Hunter) MoSU-L/NLT files (usage: R. M. T. Hunter) His Speech of Mr. Hunter of Virginia, 1838 Wikipedia, Sept. 20, 2018 (Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter was a Virginia lawyer, politician and plantation owner) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M._T._Hunter> Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed March 25, 2024 (Hunter Robert Mercer Taliaferro, a Representative and a Senator from Virginia; born at "Mount Pleasant," near Loretto, Essex County, Va., April 21, 1809; tutored at home; graduated from the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1828; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1830 and commenced practice at Lloyds; member of the Virginia State House of Delegates, 1834-1837; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses, then elected as an Independent to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1837-March 3, 1843); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Twenty-eighth Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1845-March 3, 1847); elected to the United States Senate in 1846; reelected in 1852 and 1858 and served from March 4, 1847, to March 28, 1861, when he withdrew; expelled from the Senate on July 11, 1861, for support of the rebellion; delegate from Virginia to the Confederate Provincial Congress at Richmond; Confederate Secretary of State 1861-1862; served in the Confederate Senate from Virginia in the First and Second Congresses 1862-1865 and was President pro tempore on various occasions; was one of the peace commissioners that met with President Abraham Lincoln in Hampton Roads in February 1865; briefly imprisoned at the end of the Civil War; state treasurer of Virginia 1874-1880; died on his estate 'Fonthill,' near Lloyds, Va., on July 18, 1887; interment in 'Elmwood,' the family burial ground, near Loretto, Va.) |
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