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{{Short description|American judge}}
{{infobox officeholder
|name=Hocking H. Hunter
|image=Hocking H. Hunter 001.png
|office=[[List of justices of the Ohio Supreme Court|Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court]]
|term_start=February 9, 1864
|term_end=February 10, 1864
|preceded=[[William Virgil Peck]]
|succeeded=[[William White (Ohio judge)|William White]]
|party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|birth_date={{birth date|1801|08|23}}
|death_date={{death date and age|1872|02|04|1801|08|23}}
|birth_place=[[Lancaster, Ohio|Lancaster]], [[Northwest Territory]]
|death_place=[[Lancaster, Ohio]]
|restingplace=
|alma_mater=
|spouse=Ann Matlack
|children=nine
}}
'''Hocking H. Hunter''' (August 23, 1801 &ndash; February 4, 1872) was a [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] politician in the U.S. State of [[Ohio]] who was elected a judge on the [[Ohio Supreme Court]], but not seated.
==Biography==
Hocking H. Hunter was born at [[Lancaster, Ohio]]. He attended local schools and the Lancaster Academy. He studied law under [[William W. Irvin]],<ref name=biog/> and was admitted to the bar 1824. In 1825 he was appointed Prosecuting Attorney of [[Fairfield County, Ohio|Fairfield County]] and re-appointed until 1831.<ref name=rep>[[#smith|Smith 1898]] : 165-166</ref> He formed a partnership with [[Thomas Ewing]] in 1831.<ref name=biog/>
In 1863, Hunter was nominated and elected by the Republicans as an Ohio Supreme Court Judge, was duly commissioned but never qualified. Sickness in his family and professional duties led him to resign soon after his election.<ref name=rep/>
Hunter died at Lancaster in 1872.<ref name=rep/>
He married Ann Matlack of Fairfield County on November 30, 1823. She had nine children and died in 1889. Son John A. Hunter was [[List of Utah Supreme Court Chief Justices|Chief Justice]] of [[Utah]].<ref name=biog>[[#bio|Biographical 1902]] : 11-13</ref>
==Notes==
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==References==
*{{cite book|ref=smith|title=History of the Republican Party in Ohio |editor-first=Joseph P |editor-last=Smith |year=1898 |volume=I |publisher=the Lewis Publishing Company |location=Chicago |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eaAFAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA165}}
*{{cite book |ref=bio|title=A Biographical record of Fairfield County, Ohio, illustrated |publisher=S J Clarke Publishing Company |location=New York |page=[https://archive.org/details/biographicalrecofc00clar/page/n14 11]|year=1902 |url=https://archive.org/details/biographicalrecofc00clar}}
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