Howard J. Hunter Jr.

{{Short description|American politician from North Carolina}}

{{other people||Howard Hunter (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Howard J. Hunter Jr.

| image =

| state_house = North Carolina

| district = 5th

| term_start = January 1, 1989

| term_end = January 7, 2007

| predecessor = Brewster Warren Brown

| successor = Annie Mobley

| birth_date = {{birth date|1946|12|16}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|2007|1|7|1946|12|19}}

| party = Democratic

}}

Howard J. Hunter Jr. (December 19, 1946 – January 7, 2007) was a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's fifth House district, including constituents in Bertie, Gates, Hertford and Perquimans (and formerly Northampton) counties. A funeral director from Ahoskie, North Carolina, Hunter served nine full terms in the state House of Representatives. After being elected to a tenth term in November 2006, Hunter died on January 7, 2007, before the new legislature convened.[http://www.newsobserver.com/114/story/530051.html]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He was born in Washington, D.C.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/northcarolinaman20012002nort#page/546/mode/2up|title = North Carolina manual [serial]| date=1916 }}

His son, Howard J. Hunter III, sought to replace his father in the seat, but local Democratic Party leaders instead nominated retired court clerk Annie Mobley.[https://web.archive.org/web/20181129012742/http://www.dailyadvance.com/news/content/news/stories/2007/01/011907_news_dems_pick.html] The younger Hunter was eventually elected to the House, in 2014.