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J.C. Hunt

Joseph Clark Hunt

Full Name: Joseph Clark Hunt
Date of birth: August 25, 1857
Date of death: March 22, 1913

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 123 Jan 14, 1913 - Mar 22, 1913 33rd (1) (2)   Democrat Canyon / Randall   Armstrong, Bailey, Castro, Deaf Smith, Hale, Lamb, Parmer, Randall, Smith, Swisher
H 106 Jan 10, 1911 - Jan 14, 1913 32nd (3)   Democrat Canyon City / Randall   Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Floyd, Gray, Hale, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lamb, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Wheeler
H 106 Aug 5, 1910 - Jan 10, 1911 31st (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)   Democrat Canyon City / Randall   Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Floyd, Gray, Hale, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lamb, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Wheeler

Terms of service footnotes


(1) L.C. Penry, sworn 7/21/1913, succeeded J.C. Hunt, died 3/22/1913. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩
(2) Mentioned in "Candidates for Speakership," 10/11/1912. Wichita Daily Times. ↩
(3) Canyon City, TX was renamed Canyon, TX in 1911. Handbook of Texas Online. ↩
(4) "Forecast of 32d Legislature: List of Democratic Nominees for Senate and House of Representatives: Elected for the Vacancies: Fifteen New Members of the Thirty-first are Chosen, Three of Them Senators," 8/6/1910, p. 11. Galveston Daily News. ↩
(5) 31st Legislature, 2nd C.S. - Oath of Office Administered to Hon. J. C. Hunt, 8/5/1910, p. 80. Indicates district number 101; however, Hunt's predecessor J. Richard Bowman was in district 106 in House Journal and Texas Legislative Manual, 31st Legislature. House Journal. ↩
(6) Notice of J.C. Hunt's intentions to run for Representative from the 106th District against Joseph E. Farrows. "Judge Hunt ran for this office two years ago against J. R. Bowman, but was defeated by a considerable majority," 2/17/1910, p. 12. Lubbock Avalanche. ↩
(7) J.C. Hunt, sworn 8/5/1910, succeeded J. Richard Bowman, resigned 12/1/1909. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩
(8) Assumed Democrat based on listing as Democrat in 32nd-33rd Legislatures. Texas Legislative Manual. ↩

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
33rd (1) (2)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Canyon / Randall
Counties in district:
Armstrong, Bailey, Castro, Deaf Smith, Hale, Lamb, Parmer, Randall, Smith, Swisher

Legislatures:
32nd (3)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Canyon City / Randall
Counties in district:
Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Floyd, Gray, Hale, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lamb, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Wheeler

Legislatures:
31st (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Canyon City / Randall
Counties in district:
Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Floyd, Gray, Hale, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lamb, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Wheeler

Terms of service notes


(1) L.C. Penry, sworn 7/21/1913, succeeded J.C. Hunt, died 3/22/1913. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩
(2) Mentioned in "Candidates for Speakership," 10/11/1912. Wichita Daily Times. ↩
(3) Canyon City, TX was renamed Canyon, TX in 1911. Handbook of Texas Online. ↩
(4) "Forecast of 32d Legislature: List of Democratic Nominees for Senate and House of Representatives: Elected for the Vacancies: Fifteen New Members of the Thirty-first are Chosen, Three of Them Senators," 8/6/1910, p. 11. Galveston Daily News. ↩
(5) 31st Legislature, 2nd C.S. - Oath of Office Administered to Hon. J. C. Hunt, 8/5/1910, p. 80. Indicates district number 101; however, Hunt's predecessor J. Richard Bowman was in district 106 in House Journal and Texas Legislative Manual, 31st Legislature. House Journal. ↩
(6) Notice of J.C. Hunt's intentions to run for Representative from the 106th District against Joseph E. Farrows. "Judge Hunt ran for this office two years ago against J. R. Bowman, but was defeated by a considerable majority," 2/17/1910, p. 12. Lubbock Avalanche. ↩
(7) J.C. Hunt, sworn 8/5/1910, succeeded J. Richard Bowman, resigned 12/1/1909. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩
(8) Assumed Democrat based on listing as Democrat in 32nd-33rd Legislatures. Texas Legislative Manual. ↩

Biographical Information

  • Joseph Clark Hunt, birth date 8/25/1857, death date 3/22/1913, burial in Evergreen Cemetery, Lamar County. Includes biographical sketch/excerpt from The History of the Schools in West Paris 1884-1984, by Debbie Burks, 1984, p. 21: " . . . Mr. Hunt continued his political life when he moved to West Texas. He was elected to the state legislature there. He died while in Austin, Texas, for a legislative session." The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, Betsy Mills & Ron Brothers, On-Line Edition (Paris, TX: ReBroMa Press), 2008.
  • Memorial services and tributes for Thomas McNeal, J.C. Hunt, Lee Killingsworth, and D.C. Kelley, including biographical sketches - 33rd Legislature, Sunday, 3/23/1913, pp. 1469-1485. D.C. Kelley born in 1856, p. 1475. House Journal.

  • J.C. Hunt, age "about 56"; death date 3/22/1913 in Austin, Travis County. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
  • "Legislative Halls Almost Forsaken . . . Death of Representative Hunt Shocking," 3/23/1913, p. 8; Obituary, "J.C. Hunt Dies in Austin: Representative from Randall County Had Been Ill Since Feb. 15 - His Is Fourth Death This Session," 3/23/1913, p. 10. Other members who died "succumbing to the same disease" [meningitis] were Representatives Neal [sic: McNeal], Killingsworth, and Kelly [sic: Kelley]. Galveston Daily News.
  • Report describing memorial services on the deaths of Representatives McNeal, Killingsworth, Kelley, and Hunt, 3/24/1913, p. 2. San Antonio Light.
  • Death notice, "Judge Hunt Dead: Meningitis Victim," 3/24/1913, p. 4. Victoria Advocate.

  • Photograph. J.C. Hunt, 33rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. J.C. Hunt, 32nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. J.V. Hunt, 31st Legislature, State Preservation Board

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