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Washington Hunt

Politician/Governor of New York

Centurion, 1866–1867

Born 5 August 1811 in Windham, New York

Died 2 February 1867 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Buried Glenwood Cemetery, Lockport, New York

Proposed by Benjamin R. Winthrop, Thomas R. Foster, James W. Beekman, and Augustus R. Macdonough

Elected 2 June 1866 at age fifty-four

Archivist’s Note: There is no subsequent mention in the minutes regarding the memorial resolutions that were assigned to a subcommittee at the monthly meeting of 2 February 1867.

Century Memorial

The chair after some remarks upon the decease of the late Governor Washington Hunt, and upon motion made, named as a committee to prepare memorial resolutions, Messrs. Bonney, Evarts, and Speir, to report at the next monthly meeting.

Augustus R. Macdonough, Secretary
Monthly Meeting Minutes, 2 February 1867