Eppa Hunton Jr.
Eppa Hunton III (April 14, 1855 – March 5, 1932), known as Eppa Hunton Jr., was an American lawyer, railroad executive, and politician. The son of General Eppa Hunton, he experienced a turbulent childhood with the American Civil War and Reconstruction as its backdrop. After graduating from the University of Virginia School of Law, he practiced law with his father in Warrenton, Virginia, for a number of years before moving south to Richmond in 1901 to help found the law firm Munford, Hunton, Williams & Anderson (now Hunton Andrews Kurth).
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| Born | Eppa Hunton III April 14, 1855 Brentsville, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | March 5, 1932 (aged 76) Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
| Burial place | Hollywood Cemetery |
| Education | University of Virginia (LLB) |
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| Political party | Democratic |
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| Children | 2, including Eppa IV |
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He served as president of the Virginia State Bar Association from 1915 to 1916, and, in 1920, he resigned from his firm to accept the presidency of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, a position he held until his death in 1932. Like his father, he was active in politics, serving a term in the Virginia House of Delegates and as a delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1901–02. He also served on the boards of visitors of the University of Virginia and Medical College of Virginia.