| LC control no. | no2008150056 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Hunton, Eppa, 1822-1908 |
| Variant(s) | Hunton, Mr. (Eppa), 1822-1908 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Virginia |
| Birth date | 1822-09-22 |
| Death date | 1908-10-11 |
| Place of birth | Warrenton (Va.) |
| Place of death | Richmond (Va.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers |
| Found in | Charges against Hon. J. Proctor Knott, 1876: p. 1 (Mr. Hunton, from the Committee on the Judiciary) LC database, Oct. 13, 2008 (MLC hdg.: Hunton, Eppa, 1822-1908; usage not shown; variant: Hon. Eppa Hunton, of Virginia) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Cong. online, viewed Oct. 13, 2008 (Hunton, Eppa, a Representative and a Senator from Va.; b. Sept. 22, 1822; d. Oct. 11, 1908) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed March 26, 2024 (Hunton, Eppa, a Representative and a Senator from Virginia; born near Warrenton, Fauquier County, Va., September 22, 1822; attended New Baltimore Academy; taught school three years; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1843 and commenced practice in Brentsville, Va.; served as colonel, and later general, in the Virginia militia; Commonwealth attorney for Prince William County 1849-1861; member of the Virginia convention at Richmond in February 1861 and advocated secession; entered the Confederate Army as colonel of the Eighth Regiment, Virginia Infantry; promoted to brigadier general after the Battle of Gettysburg and served through the remainder of the Civil War; resumed the practice of law; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-third and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1881); was not a candidate for renomination in 1880; appointed a member of the Electoral Commission created by act of Congress in 1877 to decide the contests in various States in the presidential election of 1876; resumed the practice of law; appointed and subsequently elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John S. Barbour and served from May 28, 1892, to March 3, 1895; was not a candidate for renomination in 1894; resumed the practice of law in Warrenton, Va.; died in Richmond, Va., October 11, 1908; interment in Hollywood Cemetery.) |
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