John Ransdell Hunter, Rapides Parish, Louisiana 
Submitted by Mike Miller   

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Source: Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, 
Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), p. 215.  
Edited by Alcie Fortier, Lit.D.  
Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association. 

JOHN RANSDELL HUNTER  
John Ransdell Hunter, of Alexandria, Rapides parish, district attorney, was 
born in Alexandria, Nov. 2, 1880. His father, Robert P. Hunter, whose biography 
is published in this volume, was prominent in public life in Rapides.    

After going through the primary and grammar studies in the schools of his native 
town, John Ransdell Hunter completed his education at Spring-Hill college, near 
Mobile, Ala.   

Choosing the profession of law, he passed an examination before 
the state supreme court and was admitted to practice Nov. 5, 1902. Mr. 
Hunter formed a partnership with his father and with his brother, R.A. 
Hunter, achieving considerable success and ranking among the ablest lawyers 
in that part of the state of Louisiana. Hardly 1 year after beginning the 
practice of the legal profession, Mr. Hunter was elected district attorney, 
the youngest, at that time, of any state prosecuting officer in Louisiana.  
He is now serving his 3rd term, having twice been re-elected without opposition.    

He is a member of the Knights of Columbus, Alexandria Council; and is largely 
interested in the lumber business, and in real estate. On the occasion of the 
celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of St. Charles college, at Grand Coteau, 
parish of St. Landry, La., Mr. Hunter received the degree of LL. D.   

In 1904, there took place the marriage of Mr. Hunter and Miss Catherine Stafford, 
daughter of Gov. D. T., and Amy (Graham) Stafford, and grand-daughter of Gen. 
LeRoy Stafford who was killed at the battle of the Wilderness, during the Civil 
War of 1861-65. Mrs. Hunter was born in Rapides parish, and was educated in 
Alexandria. The family consists of 5 children, Eleanor, David, John, Catherine, 
and Elizabeth.