Biography

05/09/1836 - 08/01/1926

HUNT, Dr. Joseph S., a Representative from Northampton County; born, May 9, 1836 in Sussex County, NJ; attended, Stiles Select School; attended, Hudson River Institute; attended, Jefferson Medical College (now Sidney Kimmel Medical College); M.D., College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York City, 1866; farmer; druggist; iron manufacturer (1869-1876); physician; surgeon; president, Board of Health, Easton; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to the 1903 and 1907 terms; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House for the 1905 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1909 term; died, August 1, 1926 in Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; interred, Easton Cemetery, Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.