| LC control no. | no2011072765 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Hunt, Carleton, 1836-1921 |
| See also | Chief executive of: University of Louisiana. Law Department Officer of: University of Louisiana Officer of: American Bar Association Employer: Union Bank of Louisiana Employer: New Orleans (La.) Corporate body: United States. Congress. House Graduate of: University of Louisiana Graduate of: Harvard University Graduate of: Harvard College (1780- ) Corporate body: Harvard College (1780- ). Class of 1856 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Cambridge (Mass.) |
| Located | New Orleans (La.) |
| Birth date | 1836-01-01 |
| Death date | 1921-08-14 |
| Place of birth | New Orleans (La.) |
| Place of death | New Orleans (La.) |
| Field of activity | Law Universities and colleges--Administration United States--Politics and government New Orleans (La.)--Politics and government |
| Affiliation | University of Louisiana American Bar Association United States. Congress. House Harvard University Harvard College (1780- ) Union National Bank of New Orleans St. Louis Cemetery II (New Orleans, La.) |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyers College teachers College administrators Politicians New Orleans (La.)--Officials and employees |
| Found in | Report of the dean of the Law Department of the University of Louisiana, 1874: p. 8 (Carleton Hunt) LC Online Catalog, May 9, 2011 (hdg.: Hunt, Carleton, $d 1836-1921; usage: Carleton Hunt) OCLC, May 9, 2011 (hdgs.: Hunt, Carleton ; Hunt, Carleton, $d 1836-1921; usage: Carleton Hunt) Dictionary of Louisiana biography, 1988 (Hunt, Carleton; attorney, politician, academic; b. New Orleans, Jan. 1, 1836; graduated 1858 from law department of University of Louisiana (now Tulane Univ.); first lieutenant in Louisiana Regiment of Artillery during Civil War; administrator of University of Louisiana, 1866; later professor of law; dean of law school for ten years; chairman of committee formed to organize the American Bar Association, 1878; elected to 48th Congress, 1883-1885; city attorney, New Orleans, 1888-1892; died Aug. 14, 1921) Harrod, B. M. Harvard 1856, 1856 or 1857?: leaf 68 (autograph: Carleton Hunt; January 1st 1836; New Orleans La.) Memorial of the Harvard College Class of 1856, 1906, viewed online 19 February 2020: page 154 (reproduction of signature under portrait: Carleton Hunt) pages 156-158 (son of Dr. Thomas and AglaieĢ (Carleton) Hunt (father, professor of physiology and pathology in medical department of University of Louisiana, was instrumental in establishing University of Louisiana, now called Tulane University, was its president after Civil War); entered grammar school attached to University of Louisiana at age 13 [1849]; Harvard College Class of 1856; LL. B., University of Louisiana, 1858; admitted to Louisiana bar, began practice of law in New Orleans; April 1861, commissioned first lieutenant of artillery in regular regiment raised by State of Louisiana, with [Harvard classmate B.M.] Harrod as second lieutenant in same regiment; resigned commission August 1862; lived at different times in New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore; after close of war returned to New Orleans, resuming law practice; in 1866, appointed (by governor) member of University of Louisiana Board of Administrators; appointed 1869 as professor of admiralty and international law in Law School, held for 9 years; then transferred to chair of civil law until resigned in 1883; dean of Law Faculty for 9 years; University government conferred on him in 1880 degree of Doctor of Laws; about January 1867, became counsel of Union Bank of Louisiana, now Union National Bank of New Orleans, a position that continues to hold; meeting at Saratoga, N.Y., to establish American Bar Association: chairman of committee that reported its constitution, brought about its organization, chairman of Committee on Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar; elected to Congress fall 1882 from First Congressional District of Louisiana, served through 48th Congress; then returned to New Orleans; in 1888, unanimously elected by City Council as city attorney or corporation counsel, position for 4 years; continues practice of law in New Orleans) Dictionary of Louisiana biography, 1988, viewed online 20 January 2020 (Hunt, Carleton; died, New Orleans, August 14, 1921; interred St. Louis Cemetery II) <https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-h/> |
| Associated language | eng |
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