Hunter Meighan (May 8, 1914 – June 6, 2008) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Life He was born on May 8, 1914, in Mamaroneck, Westchester County, New York, the son of Burton C. Meighan and Effie (Hunter) Meighan. He graduated from Columbia College in 1935, and from New York University School of Law in 1939. Then he practiced law in partnership with his father. He was Acting Police Judge of the Village of Mamaroneck from 1945 to 1949. On April 7, 1951, he married Miriam Gay,MIRIAM GAY IS WED TO HUNTER MEIGHAN in the New York Times on April 8, 1951 (subscription required) and they had three daughters, among them Marcia Meighan who married Greg B. Abbott (born 1950).Marcia Meighan Wed To Gregory B. Abbott in the New York Times on May 2, 1987
Meighan was a member of the New York State Assembly (Westchester Co., 4th D.) from 1951 to 1958, sitting in the 168th, 169th, 170th, 171st and 172nd New York State Legislatures. In 1959, he resigned his seat to run for the State Senate seat vacated by Frank S. McCullough.
Meighan was a member of the New York State Senate from 1960 to 1964, sitting in the 172nd, 173rd and 174th New York State Legislatures. In November 1964, he ran for re-election, but was defeated by Democrat Max Berking.Upset in Westchester in the New York Times on November 5, 1964
He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1967.Hunter Meighan in the Larchmont Gazette, of Larchmont, on June 10, 2008
Meighan died on June 6, 2008, in Mamaroneck.Deaths; MEIGHAN, HUNTER in the New York Times on June 17, 2008
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