Gaillard Hunt

Gaillard Hunt
Gaillard Hunt
1st Department of State Historian
	In office; 1919–1924
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Harry Dwight
Personal details
Born	September 8, 1862; New Orleans, Louisiana
Died	March 20, 1924 (aged 61)
Parent(s)	William Henry Hunt; Elizabeth Augusta Ridgely

Gaillard T. Hunt (September 8, 1862 – March 20, 1924) was an American writer and civil servant.^[1]

Gaillard Hunt was a U.S. government official in Washington D.C. and a historical writer. He is notable for his authorship of several works on James Madison and early American history.^[2]

Early life

Hunt was born in New Orleans. He was the seventh child of his parents, William Henry Hunt, an attorney, and his second wife, Elizabeth Augusta Ridgely. Hunt attended the Ancient Hopkins Grammar School in New Haven, Connecticut, and at the Emerson Preparatory School Institute in Washington, D.C.. Hunt along with his family relocated there in 1878.^[2]

Career

Beginning in 1882, Hunt began working for the government. His first five years he served as a clerk in the Pension Office. In 1887 he began employment with the Department of State, this lasted until 1909. From 1909 to 1917 he was chief of the division of manuscripts at The Library of Congress. He played an important role in the drafting of legislation on citizenship and naturalization, for which he wrote a book about, along with a work about the history of the Department of State in 1914.^[2]

Works

1892, Fragments of revolutionary history. Being hitherto unpublished writings of the men of the American Revolution
Hunt, Galliard (1902). James Madison and religious liberty. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office.
Hunt, Gaillard (1902). The Life of James Madison. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co.
1908, John C. Calhoun
1914, Life in America one hundred years ago
1914, The department of state of the United States; its history and functions
1917, Virginia declaration of rights and Cardinal Bellarmine