Hunter, Robert
physician, author, was born June 14, 1826, in England. He has attained prominence as a successful. physician of Chicago and New York. He is the author of A Treatise on the Lungs and their Diseases; The Air as the Source of Life; and others.
HUNTER, ROBERT MERCER TALIA- FERRO, lawyer, state legislator, congressman, United States senator, born April 21, 1809, in Essex county, Va. He served. three years in the state legislature; and was first elected a representative in congress from his native state in 1837, when he served two terms; and was again elected in 1845, officiating during the twenty-sixth congress as speaker. In 1847 he was elected a senator in congress for a long term, and re-elected for the term ending in 1859. He was re-elected to the senate in 1859 for another term, but was expelled in 1861. He took part in the rebellion as secretary of state, and a member of congress in the confederate government. He died July 18, 1887, in Essex county, Va.