Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-05-29
SENATOR HUNTON.
The DISTINGUISHED GENERAL TO
SUCCEED Mr.. BARBOUR
Gov. SfcIkiabsy's Appointment 20 stsna
Uatn the Meeting ofshs Legislature
sketch Of tho Apprentices.
cove,nor McKinney Yesterday appointed

Governor Mckinney yesterday appointed
General Eppa Hunton. OF Warrcnton.
Fauquier county, TO act ss senator nom
Virginia in the Congress of the United
States until the Legislature shall have met
aud elected successor to the late John D.
Barbour.
The appointment was somewhat OF a
surprise, but was the result OF long anu
careful delibcration. and the choice was
from AN embarrassment of names OF promi-
nent and able yirc,niaus. The Governor
Announced his decision soon atter !
o,clock and the news was Immediately put
ON tho DESPATCH bulletin-board, where II
wss road with interest by the thousands
of uersons passing along Main street.
Throngb this medium 1t was soon KNOWN
al over the city.
In referring TO his decision oo'eInoi
Mckinney said the claims of over thirty
gentlemen had been urged upon him; ne
had read every telegram and every letter
sont 10 him and heard and weighed every,
thing said by every delegation that waiteo
uuor, him, With hardly an exception the
gentlemen whose names had been men
toned in connection with the position
were bis personal and political irlends. ne
had felt that IN reaching cohclus,ou NJ
~
tried TO consider oil the questions I'D,
yolyed and throughout been impressed
with the responsibility that was upon MN.
He thought that. under all the clrcuih-
stances, the appointment OF Generai nun
ton was the best he could have maze.
General Hunton. he said, had been true "
Virginia in all her perlls and would enter
theSenato equipped fully for MS ou'ie''
TIE NEW SENATOR.
= ar
General Hunton was born IN fauq,uer
county September %, 1873. lie stuuieo
law and came TO the bar at an carry sss,
and IN 1919 was elected Commonwealth
attorney of Prince Edward countv-ln
of;cs which be held for some years. lie
VOC a member of the Virginia convention
= OF 1851. and when the State seeded
promptly offered his services ana was COM
missloned colonel of the. Eighth Virginia
Eeyiment. His command was IN the bat
t,es III First Manassas, Balls's Blum, Will
Harrisburg, Seven Pines, Cold Harbor, FRA
1;er,s Farm. Second Manassas. Boones-
horo' Sbarpsburg, Fredericksburg, Gettys-
buro Grayely Run, and Sailors Creek,
who're he was captured and confined IN
Fort Warren until July, 1870.
He was as sturdy and gallant hehter as
ever drew blade, and after the battle OF
Gattvshuro where he was badly wounded
in the charge of Plcketts DIVISION, was
promoted to the command OF Garnetts
Brigade.
HIS SERVICE IN CONGRESS.
He was elected to represent his district
In Congress in 1873. and reelected Tor
three successive terms; was chairman OF
the Committee on District OF Columbia, aud
wasa member of the Iilden- Hayes Electoral
Commission of 1s76-'77. Since his retire
ment from Congress. where he served with
ability during some of the, stormiest days
experienced in that body, he has been
precticinp his profession, but has always
been ready TO give bis counsel ana MS
services 10 his State when needed. lie Is
a man of strong sense. thoroughly up IN
the history OF Federal legislation, and no
more devoted son of Virginia ever
breathed. General Hunton has law OF
fee in Washington, where he practices
three days in the week. His home IS IN
Warrenton, where he and his son also prac-
tice law. .,,5.
Governor McKinney's appointment holds
good until the meeting OF the General
Assembly. That body Will elect senator
for the unexpired term, which is untll
March 4. 1895. Unless there be an extra
session Of the Legislature, the General As
sembly to be chosen next year VIII IN De