Hillsborough County FlArchives Biographies.....Hunter, William November 4, 1857 - 
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Source: Vol. II  pg.115  The Lewis Publishing Co. 1923
Author: History of Florida, Past and Present 

        WILLIAM HUNTER. Florida numbers among its representative citizens some 
of the most distinguished attorneys, men whose names are known all over the 
country, and one of them has claimed Tampa for his place of residence for some 
years, he being WILLIAM HUNTER, able and resourceful lawyer and public-spirited 
citizen, who has been called upon to hold many offices of trust and 
responsibility. He was born at Mount City, Illinois, November 4, 1857, and his 
father, WILLIAM HUNTER, served in the war between the North and the South, as a 
member of the Thirty-second Illinois Infantry, going into the service as a
captain and rising to be a lieutenant colonel. He also saw service as a second
lieutenant in the Mexican war.
	WILLIAM HUNTER, generally known as Judge Hunter, attended the common 
schools of Memphis, Tennessee, and then studied law, being admitted to practice 
at the bar of Tennessee in 1878. Until 1882 he was engaged in active practice 
in that city, but then came to Florida, first locating at Dunedin, where he 
remained for ten years. He then came to Tampa, in 1892, where he has since 
remained and where he has built up a very large and valuable connection, being 
for many years closely associated in practice with the late E. R. GUNBY, who 
occupied a most enviable position among the lawyers and public men of Florida. 
Mr. Hunter has occupied many high positions in connection with his practice. 
Under the administration of Mayor MYRON E. GILLETT, 1897-98, he was city 
attorney for Tampa. In 1902 he was appointed referee-in-bankruptcy for the 
Tampa District, and held that position for twelve years. His fellow attorneys 
of Tampa honored him by making him president of the Hillsborough County Bar 
Association, and later he was elected president of the Florida State Bar 
Association, which office he held from 1917 to 1919. For more than eleven years 
he has been very active in the work of the American Bar Association, and was 
for several years representative to it from Florida, and in 1919 was elected 
and still holds the office of, member from Florida of the general counsel of 
the association. For the past twelve years Judge Hunter has been attorney and 
general counsel for the Florida Citrus Exchange and his allied and affiliated 
associations. He is a member of the Kiwanis Club, and belongs to the Knights of
Pythias.
	In 1882 Judge Hunter married Miss DORA TENNERY, and they became the 
parents of four children, namely: IVA DELLA, who married C. H. RUSK, of Tampa, 
WILLIAM F., FRANK T. and MELVILLE G. WILLIAM F. HUNTER is a manager of the 
Hunter Electric Company, of which his father is president. Judge Hunter is one 
of the best-known lawyers in this part of the state, and his services are in
demand by those who appreciate the weight of his influence, character and a
ability. His long experience, coupled with his natural ability, keen judgment
and knowledge of men and the motives which lead them in one direction or the
other, make him invaluable as an attorney. As a citizen he is zealous in behalf
of his city, county and state, and as a man he measures up to the highest
ideals of American capability, courtesy and dignity. Such men as he are an
honor to their communities and their calling, and all who know him are proud of
him and for what he has always stood, the best and truest in life.


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