Ward Hunt
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Ward Hunt | |
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Former Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court From: December 11, 1872 – January 27, 1882 | |
Nominator | Ulysses S. Grant |
Predecessor | Samuel Nelson |
Successor | Samuel Blatchford |
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Party | Republican |
Ward Hunt (June 14, 1810 – March 24, 1886) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Hunt suffered a stroke in 1879, but stayed on the Court in order to reach the minimum years required for pension. Congress passed a special exemption, giving Hunt pension if he agreed to resign within 30 days; he resigned the day the bill was signed into law.[1]