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Henry A. Hunt

They also acted as Roosevelt's informal advisers on national issues related to African Americans and the New Deal.


Alfred E. Hunt

His career would eventually take him to Pittsburgh doing metallurgical work for the Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory, which he would acquire in partnership with the young chemist, George Hubbard Clapp, in 1887.

Alfred Hunt

Alfred E. Hunt (1855–1899), founder of the company that became the aluminum company Alcoa

Alpha Rho Upsilon

Other distinguished ARU alumni include author & reporter Gordon Weil '54, Congressman Tom Andrews '75, noted economist Larry Lindsey '76, opera singer Kurt Ollmann '77, and science fiction writer Walter H. Hunt '81.

Arlington Farms

In late 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a law to move the Department of Agriculture's Experimental Farm from Arlington, adjacent to Arlington National Cemetery, to its current location in Beltsville, Maryland to allow for an expansion of the military cantonment at Fort Myer.

Army of the Kanawha

Confederate units in the vital Kanawha River valley of western Virginia were styled the "Army of the Kanawha" after they were put under the command of former Virginia governor Henry A. Wise on June 6, 1861.

Charles Martin Hall

After failing to find financial backing at home, Hall went to Pittsburgh where he made contact with the noted metallurgist Alfred E. Hunt.

George Hunt

George E. Hunt (1896–1959), medium-pace bowler who made over 200 appearances for Somerset

George W. P. Hunt (1859–1934), first Governor of the State of Arizona

Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg

Muhlenberg was the brother of Frederick and Peter Muhlenberg, father of Henry A. P. Muhlenberg and Frederick Augustus Hall Muhlenberg, a physician, who was the father of Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, the first president of Muhlenberg College.

Harrison J. Hunt

Harrison J. Hunt was surgeon on the Crocker Land Expedition to the Arctic in 1913–1917, and the first to return to civilization with news of his fellow explorers, who had been trapped in the ice for four years.

Henry A. Barnhart

Barnhart was elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Abram L. Brick.

He was reelected to the Sixty-first and to the four succeeding Congresses (November 3, 1908-March 3, 1919).

Henry A. Barnum

Not being able to assume immediate command, he joined the regiment in the field on the eve of its departure from Fairfax Station, Virginia, January 18, 1863.

Henry A. G. Lee

In December 1847 when word of the attack reached the Willamette Valley, the Provisional Government and Gov. George Abernethy called for volunteers to fight against the Cayuse, with Lee volunteering and being selected as captain of a 50 man unit to be dispatched immediately to The Dalles.

Henry A. Miley, Jr.

In 1950, Miley was transferred to Frankford Arsenal in Philadelphia, where he served as comptroller and then as Works Manager.

Henry A. P. Carter

His brother Joseph Oliver Carter (1835–1909) married Mary Ladd (1840–1908), daughter of the founder of early trading company Ladd & Co. William Ladd (1807–1863).

Also during this time, the free trade treaty was renewed, with a controversial clause that guaranteed the use of Pearl Harbor as a US Navy base.

Henry A. Papprill

The most notable of these are: "The North West Angle of Fort Columbus, Governor's Island" (the Catherwood-Papprill view) and New York from the Steeple of St. Paul's Church, Looking East, South & West.

Henry A. Peirce

He then went around Cape Horn to Peru, where he was employed as Peruvian Consul to Hawaii.

The popular King Lunalilo then died on February 3, 1874, again with no successor, and the crisis deepened when King Kalākaua was elected by the legislature.

Henry A. Schade

Additionally, the Government of Great Britain made Schade an Honorary Officer of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.

Henry A. Wiley

Admiral Wiley retired once more 2 January 1943 and died 20 May 1943 at Palm Beach, Florida.

Henry Austin

Henry A. Austin (1833–1911), merchant and political figure in New Brunswick

Henry Carter

Henry A. P. Carter (1837–1891), American diplomat in the Kingdom of Hawaii

Henry Houston

Henry A. Houston (1847–1925), American teacher, businessman and politician

Henry Strong

Henry A. Strong (1838–1919), first president of Eastman Kodak Company

Hiram P. Hunt

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1836 to the Twenty-fifth Congress.

Hunt was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian candidate to the Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1835-March 3, 1837).

Hunter L. Hunt

Hunt sits on the Board of Trustees of the Lyle School of Engineering at SMU, the Dallas County Community College District Foundation (where he is also Vice-Chair of the Steering Committee of the Bill J. Priest Institute for Economic Development), the Circle Ten Council of the Boy Scouts of America, the Bullock Texas State History Museum and the All Stars Project.

J. Edward Addicks

His struggle with Henry A. du Pont for control of the state government led to Delaware having both of its Senate seats vacant for a time and was one of the factors which led to election reform and the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1913.

James B. Hunt

In 1842, Hunt was elected as a Democrat to the 28th United States Congress, and was re-elected to the 29th Congress, serving from March 4, 1843 to March 3, 1847, the first person to represent Michigan's 3rd congressional district.

James J. Rowley Training Center

The site is adjacent to the Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center and the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center.

Jefferson County, West Virginia

Among those attending the Brown execution was a contingent of 1500 cadets from Virginia Military Institute sent by the Governor of Virginia Henry A. Wise under the supervision of Major William Gilham and Major Thomas J. Jackson.

John S. Hunt, II

Garrett claimed after the primary that Hunt had received 93.1 percent of the votes of African Americans in nine selected precincts throughout the district, which then embraced a third of the state.

Kenneth H. Hunt

Kenneth Henderson Hunt was Foundation Professor of Engineering at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia and an expert in kinematics.

Norman J. Hunt

He received his B.A. from Brigham Young University in 1947, and subsequently studied at the Paris Conservatory of Music under André Lafosse for two years (1950–1951) where he lived in Paris with his wife Evelyn Hunt and their son Steven Hunt.

Peter H. Hunt

His next project, Georgy, was less successful, closing after only four performances.

Peter Hunt

Peter H. Hunt (born 1938), American film, television, and stage director

Peter R. Hunt

Hunt then acted as second unit or action unit director until his directorial debut, the sixth James Bond film, On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

Richard Maunsell

After graduating from Trinity College, Dublin, he began an apprenticeship at the Inchicore works of the Great Southern and Western Railway (GSWR) under H. A. Ivatt in 1886, completing his training at Horwich Works on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (as Nigel Gresley had done before him).

Rocky Mount, Virginia

Among these were the immediate past governor, Henry Wise, who settled his family here before he served in the military.

Roger L. Hunt

Roger L. Hunt (born 1942) is a Senior United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.

San Antonio National Cemetery

Corporal Henry A. McMasters, Medal of Honor recipient for action in the Indian Wars.

Seeking a Sanctuary

Stephen Hunt, Journal of Religious History, 32:1 (March 2008), p123–124 (full text available through ATLA)

South Salem, New York

Notable residents have included the 33rd Vice President of the United States Henry A. Wallace, Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards, the photographer O. Winston Link, the artist Charles Sheeler (American, 1883–1965), the pianist Hélène Grimaud, the composer and arranger Clare Grundman, the artist and filmmaker Ralph Bakshi, the singer and musical stage headliner Sally Ann Howes, and the actress Colleen Dewhurst.

Thomas Ryum Amlie

He was elected as the representative of Wisconsin's 1st congressional district's to the 72nd United States Congress to replace Henry A. Cooper who had died in office serving from October 13, 1931 till March 3, 1933.

W. M. Hunt

During his time as director of photography at Ricco/Maresca gallery and as former curator at Hasted Hunt, W.M. Hunt debuted and represented artists including Wilson Bentley, Elinor Carucci, Luc Delahaye, Jean-Paul Goude, Lisette Model, Erwin Olaf, Eugene Richards, Martin Schoeller, Alex Webb, Joel-Peter Witkin and others.

Willis B. Hunt, Jr.

Nominated by President Bill Clinton on January 23, 1995 to replace Horace Ward, he was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 24, 1995, and received his commission on the same day.


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