Eppa Hunton Jr.

Eppa Hunton Jr.
A black-and-white photographic portrait of an older, mustached man from the shoulders up, wearing a suit, with a necktie
Portrait of Hunton, c. 1916
Born
Eppa Hunton III

(1855-04-14)April 14, 1855
DiedMarch 5, 1932(1932-03-05) (aged 76)
Burial placeHollywood Cemetery
EducationUniversity of Virginia (LLB)
Occupations
  • Lawyer
  • politician
Political partyDemocratic
Spouses
  • Erva Winston Payne
    (m. 1884; died 1897)
  • Virginia Semmes Payne
    (m. 1901)
Children2, including Eppa IV
FatherEppa Hunton
Signature
Cursive signature of Eppa Hunton Jr.

Eppa Hunton III (April 14, 1855 – March 5, 1932), known as Eppa Hunton Jr., was an American lawyer, railroad executive, and politician. The son of Confederate general Eppa Hunton, he experienced a turbulent childhood with the American Civil War and Reconstruction as its backdrop. After graduating from the University of Virginia School of Law, he practiced law with his father in Warrenton, Virginia, for a number of years before moving south to Richmond in 1901 to help found the law firm Munford, Hunton, Williams & Anderson (later Hunton Andrews Kurth).

He served as president of the Virginia State Bar Association from 1915 to 1916, and, in 1920, he resigned from his firm to accept the presidency of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, a position he held until his death in 1932. Like his father, he was active in politics, winning election to a term in the Virginia House of Delegates and as a delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1901–02. He also served on the boards of visitors of the University of Virginia and Medical College of Virginia.