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background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">1st <a href="/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_Brazil" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to Brazil">United States Minister to <span class="nowrap">Brazil</span></a> </th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 1, 1842 – December 9, 1843</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Tyler" title="John Tyler">John Tyler</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Himself (as Chargé d'Affaires)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_H._Proffit" title="George H. 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Champlin">Christopher G. Champlin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_De_Wolf" class="mw-redirect" title="James De Wolf">James De Wolf</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_House_of_Representatives" title="Rhode Island House of Representatives">Rhode Island House of Representatives</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1823–1825<br />1799–1812</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1774-11-26</span>)</span>November 26, 1774<br /><a href="/wiki/Newport,_Rhode_Island" title="Newport, Rhode Island">Newport, Rhode Island</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">December 3, 1849<span style="display:none">(1849-12-03)</span> (aged 75)<br /><a href="/wiki/Newport,_Rhode_Island" title="Newport, Rhode Island">Newport, Rhode Island</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label">Trinity Church Graveyard</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Federalist_Party" title="Federalist Party">Federalist</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Brown_University" title="Brown University">Rhode Island College</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">Lawyer, diplomat</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hunter_House,_Newport,_RI_edit1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Hunter_House%2C_Newport%2C_RI_edit1.jpg/220px-Hunter_House%2C_Newport%2C_RI_edit1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="184" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Hunter_House%2C_Newport%2C_RI_edit1.jpg/330px-Hunter_House%2C_Newport%2C_RI_edit1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Hunter_House%2C_Newport%2C_RI_edit1.jpg/440px-Hunter_House%2C_Newport%2C_RI_edit1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1936" data-file-height="1622" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Hunter%27s_House" class="mw-redirect" title="Hunter's House">Hunter's House</a> in Newport</figcaption></figure> <p><b>William Hunter Jr.</b> (November 26, 1774 – December 3, 1849) was an American politician and diplomat and owner of the <a href="/wiki/Hunter_House_(Newport,_Rhode_Island)" title="Hunter House (Newport, Rhode Island)">Hunter House</a>, now a museum. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life_and_career">Life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Hunter_(senator)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hunter was born in <a href="/wiki/Newport,_Rhode_Island" title="Newport, Rhode Island">Newport, Rhode Island</a>, as the youngest son of seven children of Debora Malbone Hunter and Dr. William Hunter, a prominent Newport doctor, scholar and merchant.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He attended the Rogers School and graduated from the <a href="/wiki/Brown_University" title="Brown University">College of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations</a> (the former name of <a href="/wiki/Brown_University" title="Brown University">Brown University</a>) at Providence in 1791. In 1791 he went to England to study medicine, but when he arrived there he changed his mind and studied law. He returned to the United States in 1793 and established a law practice in Newport. He was a member of the Rhode Island General Assembly from 1799 to 1812, a member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> from Rhode Island from 1811 to 1821, and a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives from 1823 to 1825. Hunter had been elected by the state legislature to the United States Senate in 1811 after a senator resigned, and elected to a full term in 1814. On June 17, 1812, he was one of 13 senators who voted against declaring war against Britain. He was a member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Federalist_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Federalist Party">United States Federalist Party</a> in the Senate, and served as chairman of the Commerce Committee from 1815 to 1817. </p><p>Hunter was elected a member of the <a href="/wiki/American_Antiquarian_Society" title="American Antiquarian Society">American Antiquarian Society</a> in 1815.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Artillery_Company_of_Newport" title="Artillery Company of Newport">Artillery Company of Newport</a>, a militia unit to which many of Newport's leading citizens belonged. </p><p>After leaving the Senate, Hunter continued to practice law in Newport. In 1836, he was appointed by President <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Jackson" title="Andrew Jackson">Andrew Jackson</a> to be the United States representative to <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>. He served in this position for 9 years, through multiple presidents, until 1845, and then returned to Newport, where he died four years later. Hunter is buried in the <a href="/wiki/Trinity_Church_(Newport,_Rhode_Island)" title="Trinity Church (Newport, Rhode Island)">Trinity Church</a> graveyard. </p><p>Information about his political beliefs and activities while in the Senate is not easily available. One opinion that he is known for is that he believed that the state of <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> was exaggerating its role in the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">Revolutionary War</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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B (1935). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1391103">"Doctor William Hunter of Newport"</a>. <i>Annals of Surgery</i>. <b>101</b> (1): 506–528. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1097%2F00000658-193501000-00055">10.1097/00000658-193501000-00055</a>. <a href="/wiki/PMC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMC (identifier)">PMC</a> <span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1391103">1391103</a></span>. <a href="/wiki/PMID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17856478">17856478</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Annals+of+Surgery&rft.atitle=Doctor+William+Hunter+of+Newport&rft.volume=101&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=506-528&rft.date=1935&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC1391103%23id-name%3DPMC&rft_id=info%3Apmid%2F17856478&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1097%2F00000658-193501000-00055&rft.aulast=Krumbhaar&rft.aufirst=E.+B&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC1391103&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+Hunter+%28senator%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.americanantiquarian.org/memberlisth">American Antiquarian Society Members Directory</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Hunter_(senator)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFUnited_States_CongressH000991" class="citation web cs1">United States Congress. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000991">"William Hunter (id: H000991)"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="Biographical Directory of the United States Congress">Biographical Directory of the United States Congress</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Biographical+Directory+of+the+United+States+Congress&rft.atitle=William+Hunter+%28id%3A+H000991%29&rft.au=United+States+Congress&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbioguide.congress.gov%2Fscripts%2Fbiodisplay.pl%3Findex%3DH000991&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+Hunter+%28senator%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6946993">William Hunter</a> at <a href="/wiki/Find_a_Grave" title="Find a Grave">Find a Grave</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ho/po/com/10396.htm">"Brazil"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(List of Ambassadors to Brazil)</span>. <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State" title="United States Department of State">United States Department of State</a>. 2006<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Champlin</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Rhode_Island" title="List of United States senators from Rhode Island"> U.S. senator (Class 1) from Rhode Island</a> </b><br />1811–1821 <br />Served alongside: <b><a href="/wiki/Jeremiah_B._Howell" title="Jeremiah B. Howell">Jeremiah B. Howell</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/James_Burrill,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="James Burrill, Jr.">James Burrill, Jr.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nehemiah_R._Knight" title="Nehemiah R. Knight">Nehemiah R. Knight</a></b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/James_De_Wolf" class="mw-redirect" title="James De Wolf">James De Wolf</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FACEFF;">Diplomatic posts </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Ethan_Allen_Brown" title="Ethan Allen Brown">Ethan Allen Brown</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_Brazil" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to Brazil">United States Chargé d'Affaires, Brazil</a> </b><br />7 January 1835 – 1 January 1842 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;"><i><b> </b>Promoted to<br /><b>Envoy Extraordinary and<br />Minister Plenipotentiary </b></i><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;"><i><b> </b>Promoted from<br /><b>Chargé d'Affaires </b></i><b> </b> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_Brazil" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to Brazil">United States Minister to Brazil</a> </b><br />January 1, 1842 – December 9, 1843 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/George_H._Proffit" title="George H. 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Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Ellery" title="Christopher Ellery">Ellery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Fenner" title="James Fenner">Fenner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elisha_Mathewson" title="Elisha Mathewson">Mathewson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremiah_B._Howell" title="Jeremiah B. Howell">Howell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Burrill_Jr." title="James Burrill Jr.">Burrill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nehemiah_R._Knight" title="Nehemiah R. Knight">Knight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_F._Simmons" title="James F. Simmons">Simmons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hopkins_Clarke" title="John Hopkins Clarke">Clarke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Allen_(Rhode_Island_politician)" title="Philip Allen (Rhode Island politician)">Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_B._Anthony" title="Henry B. 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