Memucan Hunt, Jr.
| Memucan Hunt | |
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| 1st Republic of Texas Minister to United States | |
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In office March 1837 – October 1839 |
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| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | Anson Jones |
| 3rd Texas Secretary of the Navy | |
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In office December 13, 1838 – May 1839 |
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| Preceded by | Samuel Rhoads Fisher |
| Succeeded by | Louis P. Cooke |
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| Born | August 7, 1807 Vance County, North Carolina, US |
| Died | June 5, 1856 (aged 53) Tipton County, Tennessee, USA |
| Nationality | Texan, American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Anne Taliaferro Howard |
| Residence | San Augustine, Texas |
Memucan Hunt (August 7, 1807 – June 5, 1856) was the first Minister of Texas to the United States, Secretary of the Texas Navy, and an unsuccessful candidate for Vice-President of the Republic of Texas.
Hunt was born on August 7, 1806, in Granville County, North Carolina, the son of Col. William Hunt and the grandson of Memucan Hunt. He was a planter and businessman moving to Madison County, Mississippi in 1834 to manage a plantation given to him by his father. Thomas Jefferson Green arrived in Mississippi to recruit volunteers to fight in the Texas Revolution. Hunt, along with neighbor James Pinckney Henderson and several hundred others, joined Green, arriving at Velasco in June 1836, after the battle of San Jacinto.
Almost immediately upon arriving in Texas, Hunt began publicly expressing his views on current policies, writing to interim President David G. Burnet to disagree with his decision to return captured Mexican General Santa Anna to Mexico in exchange for his assurances to recognize Texas's Independence.
As soon as Santa Anna was released the Mexican government abrogated the Treaty of Velasco. As a result Hunt was appointed a brigadier general in the Texas Army in August 1836 by President Burnet with the task of deterring an expected invasion from Mexico. The invasion never materialized and Hunt resigned his commission. The next year, President Sam Houston appointed Hunt as Texas's agent in the United States to assist the diplomat William H. Wharton in securing the United States' recognition of Texas. In March 1837, after successfully concluding that mission, Hunt became Texan Minister in Washington. His proposal for the annexation of Texas in 1837 was rejected by the United States, but he succeeded in negotiating a boundary convention in 1838.
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