Background
Alexander Cameron Hunt was born in New York, New York on January 12, 1825.
Alexander Cameron Hunt was born in New York, New York on January 12, 1825.
Soon after his birth his family moved to Freeport, Illinois where he grew up and later served as mayor. Hunt traveled to California in 1850 to join the California Gold Rush and to the Pike"s Peak Country in 1858 to join the Pike"s Peak Gold Rush. Hunt was chosen as the Judge of the Vigilante Committee of the Jefferson Territory.
In 1861, Hunt was appointed United States. Marshal for the new Territory of Colorado.
United States. President Andrew Johnson appointed Hunt as the new Governor of the Territory of Colorado on April 24, 1867.