# John F. Hunter > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/John_F._Hunter > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/John_F._Hunter.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Hunter > Source revision: 1350684229 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American politician}} {{no footnotes|date=August 2016}} {{infobox officeholder | birth_name = John Feeney Hunter | name = John F. Hunter | image = | state1 = Ohio | district1 = {{ushr|Ohio|9|9th}} | term_start1 = January 3, 1937 | term_end1 = January 3, 1943 | preceded1 = [Warren J. Duffey](/source/Warren_J._Duffey) | succeeded1 = [Homer A. Ramey](/source/Homer_A._Ramey) | office2 = Member of the [Ohio Senate](/source/Ohio_Senate) | term2 = 1935-1936 | office3 = Member of the [Ohio House of Representatives](/source/Ohio_House_of_Representatives) | term3 = 1933-1934 | party = [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) | birth_date = {{birth date|1896|10|19}} | birth_place = [Ford City, Pennsylvania](/source/Ford_City%2C_Pennsylvania) | death_date = {{death date and age|1957|12|19|1896|10|19}} | death_place = [Alexandria, Virginia](/source/Alexandria%2C_Virginia) | resting_place = Calvary Cemetery, [Toledo, Ohio](/source/Toledo%2C_Ohio) | alma_mater = | allegiance = [United States](/source/United_States) | branch = [United States Army](/source/United_States_Army) | battles = [World War I](/source/World_War_I) | service_years = 1918 }} '''John Feeney Hunter''' (October 19, 1896 – December 19, 1957) was an American lawyer, soldier, and three-term [U.S. Representative](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from [Ohio](/source/Ohio) from 1937 to 1943. ==Early life and career == Born in [Ford City, Pennsylvania](/source/Ford_City%2C_Pennsylvania), Hunter moved with his parents in 1907 to [Toledo, Ohio](/source/Toledo%2C_Ohio), where he attended the public schools. He was graduated from the law department of St. John's University in Toledo in 1918. He was [admitted to the bar](/source/Admission_to_the_bar_in_the_United_States) the same year and commenced practice in the city. ===World War I=== During the [First World War](/source/First_World_War), he enlisted in the [United States Army](/source/United_States_Army) on March 6, 1918, and served until honorably discharged on November 26, 1918. He served as delegate to the Democratic State conventions in 1932, 1934, 1936, and 1938. Hunter was an alternate to the [Democratic National Convention](/source/Democratic_National_Convention)s in 1932 and 1936. He was a member of the State house of representatives in 1933 and 1934 and served in the [Ohio State Senate](/source/Ohio_State_Senate) in 1935 and 1936. ==Congress == Hunter was elected as a [Democrat](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) to the [Seventy-fifth](/source/75th_United_States_Congress), [Seventy-sixth](/source/76th_United_States_Congress), and [Seventy-seventh](/source/77th_United_States_Congress) Congresses (January 3, 1937–January 3, 1943). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942 to the [Seventy-eighth](/source/78th_United_States_Congress) Congress and for election in 1944 to the [Seventy-ninth](/source/79th_United_States_Congress) Congress. He resumed the practice of law in [Toledo, Ohio](/source/Toledo%2C_Ohio), and [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.) ==Death== He died in [Alexandria, Virginia](/source/Alexandria%2C_Virginia), December 19, 1957, and was interred in Calvary Cemetery in Toledo. == Electoral history == {| class=wikitable ! Year ! Democratic ! Republican ! Other |- | [1936](/source/1936_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Ohio) | {{Aye}} '''John F. Hunter''': 75,737 | [Raymond E. Hildebrand](/source/Raymond_E._Hildebrand): 55,043 | Earl O. Lehman: 3,739 |- | [1938](/source/1938_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Ohio) | {{Aye}} '''John F. Hunter''' (Incumbent): 56,306 | [Homer A. Ramey](/source/Homer_A._Ramey): 55,441 | (none) |- | [1940](/source/1940_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Ohio) | {{Aye}} '''John F. Hunter''' (Incumbent): 86,956 | [Wilbur M. White](/source/Wilbur_M._White): 71,927 | (none) |- | [1942](/source/1942_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Ohio) | John F. Hunter (Incumbent): 44,027 | {{Aye}} '''[Homer A. Ramey](/source/Homer_A._Ramey)''': 47,377 | (none) |- | [1944](/source/1944_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Ohio) | John F. Hunter: 77,693 | {{Aye}} '''[Homer A. Ramey](/source/Homer_A._Ramey)''' (Incumbent): 82,735 | (none) |- |} ==Sources== * {{CongBio|H000983}} {{Bioguide}} {{s-start}} {{s-par|us-hs}} {{US House succession box | state=Ohio | district=9 | before=[Warren J. Duffey](/source/Warren_J._Duffey) | after=[Homer A. Ramey](/source/Homer_A._Ramey) | years=January 3, 1937-January 3, 1943 }} {{s-end}} {{OhioRepresentatives09}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hunter, John Feeney}} Category:1896 births Category:1957 deaths Category:Democratic Party United States representatives from Ohio Category:People from Ford City, Pennsylvania Category:Politicians from Toledo, Ohio Category:United States Army soldiers Category:Ohio lawyers Category:Democratic Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives Category:Democratic Party Ohio state senators Category:United States Army personnel of World War I Category:Lawyers from Toledo, Ohio Category:20th-century American lawyers Category:20th-century United States representatives Category:20th-century members of the Ohio General Assembly --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [John F. Hunter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Hunter) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Hunter?action=history)). 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