Samuel Furman Hunt
| Samuel Furman Hunt | |
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| President Pro-Tempore of the Ohio Senate | |
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In office January 3, 1870 – December 31, 1871 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas J. Godfrey |
| Succeeded by | Allen T. Brinsmade |
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October 24, 1844 Springdale, Ohio |
| Died | January 12, 1907 (aged 62) Glendale, Ohio |
| Resting place | Old St. Mary's Cemetery, Springdale, Ohio |
| Political party | Democratic |
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Samuel Furman Hunt (October 24, 1844 – January 12, 1907) was an American politician. He was a legislative leader in the Ohio Senate, Judge Advocate General of his state, and a judge of the Superior Court of Cincinnati. Near the end of the American Civil War, he lowered the Confederate flag over the Confederate capitol in Richmond, Virginia after Confederate troops abandoned the city.
Samuel Furman Hunt was born at Springdale, Ohio, on October 24, 1844. He was the son of Dr. John Randolph Hunt (1795–1863), and Amanda Baird Hunt (1811–1892). He entered Miami University in 1860, where he was four years class president. He completed his college education at Union College, where he received bachelor's and master's degrees. He also received a bachelor's degree from Miami in the class of 1864.
During the American Civil War, Hunt visited the battlefield at Shiloh in 1862 to minister to the wounded and dying, and received the commendations of officers, soldiers and the Sanitary Commission. In March 1865, he was with the Army of the James. He entered the capital in advance of General Godfrey Weitzel's command, as he was in charge of supplies for sufferers in that city. He was the man who lowered the Confederate flag from the capitol building in Richmond, Virginia on the day that the Confederate forces abandoned that city.
The date was April 3, 1865. I saw the Union troops riding up Franklin street and riding at the side of the street somewhat in front of the advance guard, was a slightly built youth, whom I afterward knew as Judge Samuel F. Hunt. The Union army advanced to Capitol Square, which was filled with smoke from the fire made by the destruction of the Confederate documents of state. Hunt was apparently the first to see the Confederate flag at full mast. He dismounted hurriedly, dashed up the steps and seizing the ropes, pulled down the Confederate colors. His action was supplemented by another Union man, who was on hand with the stars and stripes and a few minutes later the flag of the country was flying where the flag of the South had been displayed a few minutes before.
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