Hunt, Thomas Benjamin "Thos., Thom, Tom"
Territorial House 1856 (District 11)
Party when first elected: Not Available
Counties Served:
Carver, Davis (defunct), Hennepin
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth:
9/3/1829 (uncertain)
Birth Place:
Quebec City, Quebec
Birth County:
Birth Country:
Canada
Date of Death:
9/7/1890 (uncertain)
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Episcopalian
Reported Minority: None Reported
Other Names:
Thos., Thom, Tom
City of Residence (when first elected):
Chaska
Occupation (when first elected):
Lawyer, Shakopee, Minnesota Territory
EDUCATION
OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
Postmaster:
Chaska, Minnesota (He was the First One);
185? to 18??
Judicial Administration:
Carver County, Minnesota (Clerk of Court, He was the First One);
185? to 18??
County Government:
Carver County, Minnesota (Register of Deeds, He was the First One);
1855 to 18??
Military:
Minnesota Volunteers, 4th Regiment (Quartermaster; Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, October 15, 1861; Made Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Volunteers on October
30, 1866);
09/1861 to 18??
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Spouse:
Eugenia Anna Montmollin (married around 1854)
Children:
Seven children (only one child while in office): Georgia A. (while in office), Frederic B, Blanche D., Francis William (served as Governor of Idaho), Josephine B., Thomas B., and Alfred C.
Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:
GENERAL NOTES
Toensing lists his birth year as 1824. A relative says it was 1829. Toensing lists his death year as 1891. A relative says it was 1890. The History of Minnesota: from the French Explorations to the Present Time, 1873 lists him as being 24 years old in 1856.
He came to the United States before 1850 and became a United States citizen in 1855.
According to a relative, "Tom was
court-martialed three times; acquitted twice, judged guilty the third time. The third court martial was later reversed and his military rank as Captain restored but not his brevet [honorary] rank as Colonel."
He died in Fort Monroe, Virginia.
Birth date, birth year, family data, military service, death date, death year, and death location provided by a relative.
Religion provided by a relative.
Body:
Territorial House
District:
11
Elected:
10/9/1855
Residence:
Chaska
Term of Office:
1/2/1856 to 1/6/1857
Oath Date:
1/2/1856
Counties Represented:
Carver, Davis (defunct), Hennepin
Occupation:
Lawyer, Shakopee, Minnesota Territory
Party:
Not Available
Committees:
-
Legislative Expenditures (Chair)
-
Mineral Interests
Session Notes:
From 1849 to 1886, the term of office start date is uncertain.
No other information has been entered for this legislator.