William Hunter (Assistant Secretary of State), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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politician and diplomat from Rhode Island
Date of Birth: 08-Nov-1805
Place of Birth: Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Date of Death: 22-Jul-1886
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About William Hunter (Assistant Secretary of State)
- William Hunter, Jr.
- (1805– July 22, 1886) was a politician and diplomat from Rhode Island.
- He was a confidential clerk to Secretary of State John Clayton in the United States Department of State from 1849 to 1850, serving with George P.
- Fisher.
- He had served as acting Secretary of State on three occasions, once in 1853, again in 1860, and to temporarily substitute for Secretary William H.
- Seward after his injury in a carriage accident and subsequent wounding in an attack concurrent with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
- He also served as Chief Clerk of the State Department from 1852 to 1855, Assistant Secretary of State in 1855 and Second Assistant Secretary of State from 1866 until his death in 1886.
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