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Robert L. Hunter
Robert Lee "Merle" Hunter (September 4, 1898 – July 28, 1997) was an American judge, lawyer, politician, and athlete best known for serving as the presiding judge of the Divorce Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County from the court's re-creation 1964 until his retirement in 1979. In the 1920s, Hunter played collegiate American football for the Iowa Hawkeyes and professional football in the NFL. He also wrestled for the Iowa Hawkeyes wrestling team, winning a Big Ten Conference title.
He later served as president of the Illinois Civil Service Commission for approximately eight years in the 1940s, and was the Republican Party's nominee for mayor of Chicago in 1951. Despite his long affiliation with the Republican Party, he was nominated for a Cook County Superior Court judgeship by the Democratic Party in 1962, and won election. He continued as judge after Cook County consolidated its court system into a single Circuit Court two years later.
Football records state that Hunter was born September 4, 1888, in Mapleton, Iowa. Other sources, however, indicated that he was born a decade later. in 1898 in Boone, Iowa. Hunter was raised in Mapleton. His father, John Lincoln Hunter, served as mayor of the town.
Hunter played college football with the 1921 Iowa Hawkeyes football team and also competed on the Iowa Hawkeyes wrestling team. Hunter was a Big Ten Conference champion as a wrestler, and wrestled in the heavyweight class.
While later in law school, Hunter played professional football as a guard and tackle in the NFL. His weight was recorded at 185 pounds (84 kg) during his professional career. He played for the Hammond Pros, in 1926. Some later news biographies reported him having additionally having played with the Milwaukee team and the Chicago Cardinals. He played while law school, with his earnings from both playing football used to pay his tuition and other law school costs. To further raise funds for law school, he competed in some professional wrestling, and also coached wrestling.
For two years, Hunter worked as a high school teacher in Cherokee, Iowa, where he coached sports. He attended the University of Chicago Law School, moving to Chicago in 1924 in order to attend. While in law school, he served as the president of the Stock Yards Business and Civic Association from 1925 to 1927. He was admitted to the Illinois Bar Association in 1927. By the mid-1930s, he was a partner at the law firm Gregory, Gilruth and Hunter.
Hunters political career began as a precinct captain for Charles S. Deneen's political machine in Chicago's 5th ward.
Hunter ran unsuccessfully in the 1936 Republican primary for Illinois's 6th congressional district (having placed second behind P. H. Moynihan in a field of six candidates). In 1938, he became the president of the Better Government Association, leading efforts to combat election fraud.
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Robert L. Hunter
Robert Lee "Merle" Hunter (September 4, 1898 – July 28, 1997) was an American judge, lawyer, politician, and athlete best known for serving as the presiding judge of the Divorce Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County from the court's re-creation 1964 until his retirement in 1979. In the 1920s, Hunter played collegiate American football for the Iowa Hawkeyes and professional football in the NFL. He also wrestled for the Iowa Hawkeyes wrestling team, winning a Big Ten Conference title.
He later served as president of the Illinois Civil Service Commission for approximately eight years in the 1940s, and was the Republican Party's nominee for mayor of Chicago in 1951. Despite his long affiliation with the Republican Party, he was nominated for a Cook County Superior Court judgeship by the Democratic Party in 1962, and won election. He continued as judge after Cook County consolidated its court system into a single Circuit Court two years later.
Football records state that Hunter was born September 4, 1888, in Mapleton, Iowa. Other sources, however, indicated that he was born a decade later. in 1898 in Boone, Iowa. Hunter was raised in Mapleton. His father, John Lincoln Hunter, served as mayor of the town.
Hunter played college football with the 1921 Iowa Hawkeyes football team and also competed on the Iowa Hawkeyes wrestling team. Hunter was a Big Ten Conference champion as a wrestler, and wrestled in the heavyweight class.
While later in law school, Hunter played professional football as a guard and tackle in the NFL. His weight was recorded at 185 pounds (84 kg) during his professional career. He played for the Hammond Pros, in 1926. Some later news biographies reported him having additionally having played with the Milwaukee team and the Chicago Cardinals. He played while law school, with his earnings from both playing football used to pay his tuition and other law school costs. To further raise funds for law school, he competed in some professional wrestling, and also coached wrestling.
For two years, Hunter worked as a high school teacher in Cherokee, Iowa, where he coached sports. He attended the University of Chicago Law School, moving to Chicago in 1924 in order to attend. While in law school, he served as the president of the Stock Yards Business and Civic Association from 1925 to 1927. He was admitted to the Illinois Bar Association in 1927. By the mid-1930s, he was a partner at the law firm Gregory, Gilruth and Hunter.
Hunters political career began as a precinct captain for Charles S. Deneen's political machine in Chicago's 5th ward.
Hunter ran unsuccessfully in the 1936 Republican primary for Illinois's 6th congressional district (having placed second behind P. H. Moynihan in a field of six candidates). In 1938, he became the president of the Better Government Association, leading efforts to combat election fraud.