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(September 18, 1826 — January 12, 1904) Gunter was an American politician and lawyer. Thomas Gunter was born in Warren County, Tennessee and moved to Washington County, Arkansas after studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1853. During the Civil War, Gunter served in the Confederate Army. Before joining the Forty-Third Congress, he was the prosecuting attorney for the fourth judicial circuit. Gunter successfully contested the election of William Wilshire, and joined the Forty-Third Congress as a Democrat. He served in Congress from June 16, 1974 to March 3, 1883. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/G000527]
Member of Arkansas Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.
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