Biography

11/27/1860 - 11/03/1919

David Hunter, Jr. (R42) Allegheny (Part) County 1911-1914

Early Life:

David Hunter, Jr., born November 27, 1860, Allegheny, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; son of David and Annie Wells Hunter; Allegheny public school education; superintendent, Allegheny City Electrical Light Plant, 1873-1903; district manager, Under-Feed Stoker Company of America, 1903-1919; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1907-1910, not a candidate for reelection, 1910; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1911-1914; member, board of prison inspectors, Western Penitentiary, 1915-1919; married, Elizabeth Crow Hunter, children, Maurice Lotus Hunter, David Alston Hunter, Frank Herbert Hunter; died, November 3, 1919, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; interment, Union Dale Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1907-1910, not a candidate for reelection, 1910.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 42nd district, Allegheny (Part) County, 1911-1914; committee assignments, Appropriations, City Passenger Railways (Chairman), Judicial Apportionment, Legislative Apportionment, Mines and Mining.

Pennsylvania State House of Representatives Biography:

Official Website - PA House Archives Official Website (state.pa.us)

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members H". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

The Pennsylvania Manual, (1914). Miller, H.P., (Compiler). Baker, W.H., (Assistant Compiler). Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 1091, 1097-1100, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 1071. 

David Hunter Jr. (1860-1919) - Find a Grave Memorial