Edmund P. Hunter

Edmund P. Hunter
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
from the Berkeley County, district
In office
December 1, 1834 – December 4, 1836
Serving with Edward Colston
Levi Henshaw
Preceded byCharles J. Faulkner
Succeeded byRobert V. Snodgrass
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
from the Berkeley County, district
In office
December 2, 1839 – November 30, 1840
Serving with Jacob Myers
Preceded byTillotson Fryatt
Succeeded byTillotson Fryatt
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
from the Berkeley County, district
In office
December 6, 1841 – December 4, 1842
Serving with James M. Newkirk
Preceded byTillotson Fryatt
Succeeded byWilliam T. Snodgrass
Personal details
Born(1809-03-25)March 25, 1809
Martinsburg, Virginia, US
DiedSeptember 9, 1854(1854-09-09) (aged 45)
Martinsburg, Virginia, US
Political partyWhig
SpouseMartha Crawford Abell
ChildrenRobert W. Hunter, 2 additional sons, 5 daughters
Alma materWashington and Jefferson College
ProfessionLawyer, newspaper editor
Military service
AllegianceUnited States
Branch/serviceVirginia militia
Rankcolonel

Edmund Pendleton Hunter (March 25, 1809 – September 9, 1854) was a Virginia lawyer, newspaper editor, soldier, slaveowner and politician who served four terms in the Virginia House of Delegates as a Whig.[1]

  1. ^ Willis F. Evans, History of Berkeley County, West Virginia (original publication 1928; Heritage Books Inc. edition 2001), p. 199