George F. Hunt

George Frederick Hunt (August 24, 1831 – December 10, 1888) was an American physician and politician. He served two years in the Wisconsin State Senate, representing Ozaukee and Washington counties.

Biography George F. Hunt was born in the town of Nichols, in Tioga County, New York, in August 1831. He attended the Oswego Academy then went on to study at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, where he earned his degree as Doctor of Medicine in 1856. Shortly after graduation, he went west to Wisconsin and started a medical practice at Cambria, Wisconsin, in Columbia County. He remained there for three years before moving to Washington County, Wisconsin, residing first at Barton, then finally settling at West Bend in October 1861. Through most of his political career, Hunt was a member of the Republican Party, but he became a Democrat in the late 1870s and served in the State Senate as a member of the Democratic caucus.

Hunt suffered a stroke in 1885 and lived in an enfeebled state for the rest of his life.

Personal life and family George F. Hunt was one of at least six children born to Harvey and Mary ( Brown) Hunt.

George F. Hunt married Annie E. Salisbury on October 30, 1865, at Newberg, Wisconsin. Annie was born in the Wisconsin Territory, a daughter of Barton Salisbury, an early settler at Mequon, Wisconsin. George and Annie had one son, Frederick Salisbury Hunt, who became a lawyer in West Bend.

Electoral history Wisconsin Senate (1880)