| Birth: | Sep. 18, 1826
McMinnville
Warren County
Tennessee, USA | | Death: | Jan. 12, 1904
Fayetteville
Washington County
Arkansas, USA | 
US Congressman. He graduated from Irving College in 1850 and became an attorney in Fayetteville in 1853. In 1861 he was a delegate to the Arkansas convention that voted to secede from the Union. During the Civil War he joined the Confederate Army as Colonel of the Thirteenth Arkansas Regiment, serving until the end of the war. After the Civil War he was Prosecuting Attorney for Arkansas' Fourth Judicial District, serving from 1866 to 1868. In 1872 he appeared to be an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for the US House of Representatives, but he successfully contested the election of William W. Wilshire and took his seat in Congress. Gunter was reelected four times and served from June 1874 to March 1883. He did not run for reelection in 1882 and returned to practicing law in Fayetteville. (bio by: Bill McKern)
Family links:
Spouses:
Marcella J Gunter (1830 - 1858)*
Jane Catherine Bragg Gunter (1833 - 1901)*
Children:
Infant Gunter*
*Calculated relationship
Search Amazon for Thomas Gunter | | | Burial:
Evergreen Cemetery
Fayetteville
Washington County
Arkansas, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Bill McKern
Record added: Apr 16, 2007
Find A Grave Memorial# 18959969 |
|
|
|
Do you have a photo to add? Click here |
(3.6 after 18 votes)
