Education
Born in Saint Louis, Missouri, Hunt attended the common schools.
United States representative politician
Born in Saint Louis, Missouri, Hunt attended the common schools.
In his youth, he was a professional ball player and umpire. He became a stonecutter and later a stone contractor. Hunt was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1906 and for nomination in 1908.
He resumed the business of stone contractor. He died in Saint Louis, Missouri, November 30, 1916.
He was interred in Calvary Cemetery.