Samuel Furman Hunt | |
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President Pro-Tempore of the Ohio Senate | |
In office January 3, 1870 – December 31, 1871 | |
Preceded by | Thomas J. Godfrey |
Succeeded by | Allen T. Brinsmade |
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Born | Springdale, Ohio, U.S. | October 24, 1844
Died | January 12, 1907 Glendale, Ohio, U.S. | (aged 62)
Resting place | Old St. Mary's Cemetery, Springdale, Ohio |
Political party | Democratic |
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Samuel Furman Hunt (October 24, 1844 – January 12, 1907) was an American politician. He was a legislative leader in the Ohio Senate, Judge Advocate General of his state, and a judge of the Superior Court of Cincinnati. Near the end of the American Civil War, he lowered the Confederate flag over the Confederate capitol in Richmond, Virginia after Confederate troops abandoned the city.