John E. Hunt

A Representative from New Jersey. Born in Lambertville, Hunterdon County, N. J. , November 25, 1908. Educated in the public schools of Hellertown and Bethlehem, Pa. , Newark and Trenton, N. J. Attended Newark Business School for three years. Graduate, New Jersey State Police Academy, Trenton, N. J. Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy, Washington, D. C. Harvard School of Police Science, Cambridge, Mass. United States Army Intelligence School, Harrisburg, Pa. Criminology consultant, New Jersey State Police, 1930-1959. Served in the United States Army, 1942-1946, commissioned a second lieutenant. Served as Combat Intelligence Officer with Four Hundred and Fifty-sixth Bombardment Group. Awarded Bronze Star Medal, Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Purple Heart, and Presidential Unit Citation with oak leaf cluster. Discharged with rank of major. Lieutenant colonel, Military Intelligence, United States Army Reserve, 1946-1963. Elected sheriff, Gloucester County, N. J. , 1959, reelected 1962. Elected to New Jersey State senate, 1963, reelected 1965. Elected as a Republican to the Ninetieth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1967-January 3, 1975). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress. Was a resident of Pitman, N. J. , until his death in Woodbury, N. J. , on September 22, 1989. Interment at Eglington Cemetery, Clarksboro, N. J.