Background
Hunt, Theodore Gaillard was born on October 23, 1805 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States.
Hunt, Theodore Gaillard was born on October 23, 1805 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States.
Graduate law department.
He served one term as a Whig. In 1854, he ran for Congress and lost as a candidate of the American (Know-Nothing) Party. Hunt was born in Charleston, South Carolina.
During the American Civil War, Hunt was the colonel of the 5th Louisiana Infantry in 1861-1862 and later a brigadier general in the Louisiana militia.
After New Orleans fell into Union hands, Hunt, who had opposed secession, resigned from the Confederate Army and became Adjutant General of Union Louisiana.
In addition to being a member of Congress, Hunt was district attorney for New Orleans, member of the state House of Representative for sixteen years, and later a judge.